Where does “Alarm” come from?

Alarm (German) comes from Italian allarme, from Italian là, from Latin illam — accusative feminine singular of ille.

Alarm (German): alert, alarm

Definitions

  1. alert, alarm

Ancestry of “Alarm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianallarmealarm; alert
2Italianlàthere
3Latinillamaccusative feminine singular of ille

Words derived from “Alarm”

Every word from Latin illam →Every word from Italian là →Every word from Italian allarme →
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