Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “alé” come from?

alé (Old French) comes from Old French aler, from Vulgar Latin alare — second-person singular present passive...

Ancestry of “alé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchalerto go
2Vulgar Latinalaresecond-person singular present passive...

Words derived from “alé”

  • allies
  • ally
  • alley
  • Allies
  • alleyway
  • alleyed
  • alliable
  • alleylike
  • unalliable
  • coally
  • nonally
  • misally
  • re-ally
  • alleygating
  • disally
  • allyship
  • allyless
  • aley
  • alee
Every word from Vulgar Latin alare →