| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | al-3 |
| DEFINITION: | All. Germanic and Celtic root. 1. Suffixed form *al-na-. a. all; albeit, already, also, although, always, as, from Old English all, eall, eal-, al-, all; b. Althing, from Old Norse allr, all. Both a and b from Germanic *allaz. 2. Germanic *ala-, all, in compound *Ala-manniz (see man-1). (In Pokorny 1. al- 24.) |
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