Where does “alloyable” come from?
alloyable (English) comes from English alloy, from Old French aloi, from Old French aloiier, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
alloyable (English): Able to form an alloy
Ancestry of “alloyable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | alloy | A metal that is a combination of two or more... |
| 2 | Old French | aloi | — |
| 3 | Old French | aloiier | assemble, join |
| 4 | Latin | alligō | — |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |