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Where does “acolen” come from?

acolen (Middle English) comes from Old French acoler, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

acolen (Middle English): to grow cold or cool

Definitions

  1. to grow cold or cool

Ancestry of “acolen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchacolerto embrace, to take in one's arms
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “acolen”

  • acold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →