Etymology of the English word allege
the English word
allegederived from the English word
aleggenderived from the Latin word
allegare (depute, send as agent, commission)
derived from the Latin word
legare (bequeath, will; entrust)
derived from the Latin word
lex (law; motion, bill; word)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the Latin prefix
ad- (to, in addition)
derived from the Latin word
ad (to; near; to; to; to; near)
Date
The earliest known usage of allege in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
alleged,
allegingUsage
Word found in Modern English
