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Where does “allevolie” come from?

allevolie (Scots) comes from French à la volée — in flight; as one goes; on the fly.

allevolie (Scots): at random

Definitions

  1. at random

Ancestry of “allevolie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchà la voléein flight; as one goes; on the fly
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