Where does “الو” come from?

الو (Persian) comes from French allô, from English hallo, from Middle English halou, from Old English hēla, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō — heel.

الو (Persian): flame, blaze; hello

Definitions

  1. flame, blaze; hello

Ancestry of “الو”, step by step

الو traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French allô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchallôhello; used to confirm that the person being...
2EnglishhalloAlternative form of hello; A cry of surprise; The...
3Middle Englishhalou—
4Old Englishhēlaheel
5Proto-West Germanic*hą̄hilōheel

via Ottoman Turkish آلو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآلوflame
2Old Anatolian Turkishalav—
3Proto-Turkicyāl-—

Words derived from “الو”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hilō →Every word from Old English hēla →Every word from Middle English halou →