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
Ancestry of “Alarm”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | allarme | alarm; alert |
| 2 | Italian | là | there |
| 3 | Latin | illam | accusative feminine singular of ille |
Words derived from “Alarm”