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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

al- en · X · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-West Germanic *ala- Old English æl- Middle English al- English al- From Middle English al-, from Old English eal-, eall- (“all-”). More at all.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, morpheme) Alternative form of all-.
    alt of all-

Deriveds

already · altogether · although · always · albeit · almost · alway · almighty · alright · also · alwhite · alone

Source: en.wiktionary, “al-” (prefix), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.