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Where does “allee” come from?

allee (English) comes from French allée, from Old French alee, from Old French alé, from Old French aler, from Vulgar Latin alare — second-person singular present passive...

allee (English): An alley in a formal garden or park, bordered by...

Definitions

  1. An alley in a formal garden or park, bordered by...

Ancestry of “allee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchalléepath, lane, allée; hallway; aisle
2Old Frenchaleefeminine singular of the past participle of aler;...
3Old Frenchalé—
4Old Frenchalerto go
5Vulgar Latinalaresecond-person singular present passive...
Every word from Vulgar Latin alare →