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Where does “allice” come from?

allice (English) comes from English alose, from French alose, from Latin alausa, from Gaulish alausa.

allice (English): A fish, the allis shad

Definitions

  1. A fish, the allis shad

Ancestry of “allice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaloseA fish, the European shad ; the allice or allis;...
2Frenchaloseshad
3LatinalausaThe allis shad
4Gaulishalausa—
Every word from Gaulish alausa →