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Where does “alysson” come from?

alysson (Norman) comes from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

alysson (Norman): sweet alyssum

Definitions

  1. sweet alyssum

Ancestry of “alysson”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἄλυσσονmadwort Galen's madwort
2Ancient Greekἀ-The alpha privativum, used to make words that...
3Proto-Hellenichə-same; together
4Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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