Where does “alloy” come from?
Alloy comes from Old French aloiier, from Latin alligare, meaning to bind to or join together, formed from ad- (to) and ligare (to bind).
alloy (English): A metal that is a combination of two or more...
Definitions
- A metal that is a combination of two or more...
Ancestry of “alloy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | aloi | — |
| 2 | Old French | aloiier | assemble, join |
| 3 | Latin | alligō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “alloy”