Where does “Alleineigentum” come from?

Alleineigentum (German) comes from German allein, from Middle High German al-ein.

Alleineigentum (German): sole ownership, exclusive property the legal state where a single person or entity holds all rights to a property or asset without any co-owners

Definitions

  1. sole ownership, exclusive property the legal state where a single person or entity holds all rights to a property or asset without any co-owners

Ancestry of “Alleineigentum”, step by step

Alleineigentum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German allein

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanalleinalone; only
2Middle High Germanal-ein

via German Eigentum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanEigentumownership
Every word from Middle High German al-ein