Where does “verallgemeinern” come from?

verallgemeinern (German) comes from German allgemein, from German All, from Middle High German āl, from Old High German āl, from Proto-West Germanic all, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

verallgemeinern (German): to generalize

Definitions

  1. to generalize

Ancestry of “verallgemeinern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanallgemeingeneral (common, basic, usual), universal
2GermanAllcosmos
3Middle High Germanāl—
4Old High Germanālall
5Proto-West Germanicallall
6Proto-Germanicallazall
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Germanic allaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic all →