Where does “alleger” come from?
alleger (English) comes from English allege, from Middle English aleggen, from Anglo-Norman aleger, from Old French esligier, from Medieval Latin exlitigare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
alleger (English): A person who alleges, especially one who makes a formal allegation
Definitions
- A person who alleges, especially one who makes a formal allegation
Ancestry of “alleger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | allege | To state under oath, to plead; To cite or quote... |
| 2 | Middle English | aleggen | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | aleger | — |
| 4 | Old French | esligier | to acquit |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | exlitigare | to clear at law |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |