Where does “ail” come from?

ail (Old French) comes from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.

Ancestry of “ail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalliumlate form of ālium
2Proto-Indo-Europeanālu-—

Words derived from “ail”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ālu- →Every word from Latin allium →