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Where does “alier” come from?

alier (Old French) comes from Latin alligō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

alier (Old French): to unite; to join together

Definitions

  1. to unite; to join together

Ancestry of “alier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalligō—
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “alier”

  • allies
  • alien
  • ally
  • Allies
  • unalienable
  • alienable
  • alienage
  • alienability
  • alienness
  • alienee
  • alienism
  • mésalliance
  • unalienably
  • nonalien
  • antialien
  • alienably
  • alliable
  • alienlike
  • unalliable
  • coally
  • alienization
  • alienly
  • alienize
  • nonally
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