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Where does “alègre” come from?

alègre (French) comes from Latin alacer — lively, brisk, quick, eager, active, peppy,...

Ancestry of “alègre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalacerlively, brisk, quick, eager, active, peppy,...

Words derived from “alègre”

  • allegro
  • allegretto
  • aleger
  • allegro non troppo
  • allegretto
  • allegramente
  • allegria
  • cinciallegra
  • allegra
  • allegrezza
  • allegro
  • allégretto
  • allègrement
  • allégrement
  • allégresse
  • allegro
  • allègre
  • allégro
  • allegro
  • αλλέγκρο
  • αλέγκρο
  • αλέγρος
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