Where does “allegement” come from?
allegement (English) comes from Middle English allegement, from Old French alegement, from Old French alegier, from Latin allegō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
allegement (English): Allegation
Definitions
- Allegation
Ancestry of “allegement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | allegement | — |
| 2 | Old French | alegement | lightening of a load or burden; relief |
| 3 | Old French | alegier | to acquit; to remove, to get rid of; to lessen;... |
| 4 | Latin | allegō | to select, choose, recruit, elect or admit (to or into something) |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |