Where does “allspice” come from?
Allspice derives from English all and spice, with all tracing to Middle English all, Old English eall, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European h₂el-, while spice follows a separate etymological path.
allspice (English): A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of...
Definitions
- A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of...
Ancestry of “allspice”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | all | Every individual or anything of the given class,... |
| 2 | Middle English | all | all; all, every |
| 3 | Old English | eall | all; whole, entire; everything |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |