Where does “al” come from?

al (Haitian Creole) comes from French ale, from English ale, from Italian alé, from French allez, from French aller, from Latin īre, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō — to go.

al (Haitian Creole): to go

Definitions

  1. to go

Ancestry of “al”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaleale
2EnglishaleA beer made without hops; A beer produced by...
3Italianalélet's go!, come on!
4Frenchallezsecond-person plural present indicative of aller;...
5Frenchallerto go
6Latinīre
7Proto-ItalicI go
8Proto-Italicejō
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-