Where does “alliancie” come from?
alliancie (Middle Dutch) comes from Middle French alliance, from Old French aliance, from French alliance, from French allier, from Old French alier, from Latin alligō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
Ancestry of “alliancie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | alliance | — |
| 2 | Old French | aliance | — |
| 3 | French | alliance | alliance, union; wedding ring |
| 4 | French | allier | to ally; to alloy |
| 5 | Old French | alier | to unite; to join together |
| 6 | Latin | alligō | to bind to, up or around something, tie, fetter, fasten; bandage |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |