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

  1. A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of...

Ancestry of “allspice”, step by step

allspice traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English all

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishallEvery individual or anything of the given class,...
2Middle Englishallall; all, every
3Old Englisheallall; whole, entire; everything
4Proto-West Germanicallall
5Proto-Germanicallazall
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via English spice

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishspiceAromatic or pungent plant matter used to season...
2Middle Englishspicespices; A variety, sort, or kind of something; A...
3Old Frenchespicespice
4Late Latinspeciesspice, good, ware; a seeing, view, look; a...
5Classical Latinspeciēs—

Words derived from “allspice”

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