Where does “alate” come from?
alate (Italian) comes from Italian alare, from French hâler, from Middle French haler, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
alate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of alare;...
Definitions
- second-person plural present indicative of alare;...
Ancestry of “alate”, step by step
alate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian alare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | alare | wing; alar; firedog |
| 2 | French | hâler | to tan; to catch a tan, to get a tan; to sunbathe |
| 3 | Middle French | haler | — |
| 4 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 5 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 7 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |