Where does “alar” come from?
alar (Portuguese) comes from Italian alare, from French hâler, from Middle French haler, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.
alar (Portuguese): alar; to give wings; to haul
Definitions
- alar; to give wings; to haul
Ancestry of “alar”, step by step
alar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian alare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | alare | wing; alar; firedog |
| 2 | French | hâler | to tan; to catch a tan, to get a tan; to sunbathe |
| 3 | Middle French | haler | — |
| 4 | Old French | haler | to pull, haul; to haul, pull |
| 5 | Dutch | halen | to fetch, to get |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | halen | to drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul |
| 7 | Old Dutch | halōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | halōn | to fetch, to get, to haul |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halōną | to call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |