Where does “alliteration” come from?

Alliteration comes from New Latin alliteratio, from Latin alliteratus, from Latin allitero, combining Latin ad with Proto-Indo-European ád, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd.

alliteration (English): The repetition of consonant sounds at the...

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The repetition of consonant sounds at the...

Ancestry of “alliteration”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	New Latin	allīterātiō	—
2	Latin	alliteratus	—
3	Latin	allitero	—
4	Latin	Ad	—
5	Latin	illic	he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that...
6	Latin	ille	that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
7	Latin	olle	Archaic form of ille
8	Proto-Italic	*olnos	—

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