Where does “mésalliance” come from?
mésalliance (English) comes from French mésalliance, from French mésallier, from French allier, from Old French alier, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
mésalliance (English): Marriage with a person of inferior social...
Definitions
- Marriage with a person of inferior social...
Ancestry of “mésalliance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mésalliance | misalliance, mésalliance |
| 2 | French | mésallier | to misally; to marry beneath one's rank |
| 3 | French | allier | to ally; to alloy |
| 4 | Old French | alier | to unite; to join together |
| 5 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |