Where does “allude” come from?
Allude comes from Middle French alluder, from Latin alludere, combining the prefix ad- meaning "to" with a root from Proto-Indo-European h₂éd.
allude (English): To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion
Definitions
- To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion
Ancestry of “allude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | alluder | — |
| 2 | Latin | allūdere | — |
| 3 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 4 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
Words derived from “allude”