Where does “alegement” come from?
alegement (Old French) comes from Old French alegier, from Latin allegō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
alegement (Old French): lightening of a load or burden; relief
Definitions
- lightening of a load or burden; relief
Ancestry of “alegement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | alegier | to acquit; to remove, to get rid of; to lessen;... |
| 2 | Latin | allegō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “alegement”