Where does “allier” come from?
allier (French) comes from Old French alier, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
allier (French): to ally; to alloy
Definitions
- to ally; to alloy
Ancestry of “allier”, step by step
allier traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French alier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | alier | to unite; to join together |
| 2 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Latin alligāre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | alligāre | — |