Where does “alligate” come from?
alligate (English) comes from Latin alligatus, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
alligate (English): To tie; to unite by some tie
Definitions
- To tie; to unite by some tie
Ancestry of “alligate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | alligatus | tied, fastened; hindered, detained; obligated |
| 2 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |