Where does “alle” come from?

alle (Middle English) comes from Old English ǣl, from Proto-West Germanic āl, from Proto-Germanic ēlaz — eel.

alle (Middle English): plural of all

Definitions

  1. plural of all

Ancestry of “alle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣleel
2Proto-West Germanicāleel
3Proto-Germanicēlazeel

Words derived from “alle”

Every word from Proto-Germanic ēlaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic āl →Every word from Old English ǣl →