Where does “alarm” come from?

alarm (Slovincian) comes from German Alarm, from Italian allarme, from Italian là, from Latin illam — accusative feminine singular of ille.

alarm (Slovincian): alarm

Definitions

  1. alarm

Ancestry of “alarm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAlarmalert, alarm
2Italianallarmealarm; alert
3Italianthere
4Latinillamaccusative feminine singular of ille

Words derived from “alarm

Every word from Latin illam
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