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Where does “allegare” come from?

allegare (Italian) comes from Latin alligāre, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

allegare (Italian): to enclose, to attach; to unite; to set one's...

Definitions

  1. to enclose, to attach; to unite; to set one's...

Ancestry of “allegare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalligāre—
2Latinalligō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “allegare”

  • allegagione
  • allegabile
  • allegamento
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →