Where does “alo” come from?
alo (Ido) comes from French ailé, from Middle French aisle, from Old French aile, from Latin āla, from Latin axla, from Latin axis, from Proto-Italic aksis, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱs- — to drive.
alo (Ido): wing
Definitions
- wing
Ancestry of “alo”, step by step
alo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French ailé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ailé | winged; winglike; past participle of ailer |
| 2 | Middle French | aisle | wing |
| 3 | Old French | aile | wing (anatomical structure of flying animals) |
| 4 | Latin | āla | a wing appendage of an animal's body that enables it to fly |
| 5 | Latin | axla | — |
| 6 | Latin | axis | An axletree of wagon, car, chariot; The North... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aksis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱs- | axis, axle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Spanish Alá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | Alá | Allah God’s name in Islam |
| 2 | Old Spanish | ala | wing |
| 3 | Old Spanish | a | to, toward, in, at |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Italian ala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ala | wing; third-person singular present indicative of... |