Etymology of the English word alliance
the English word
alliancederived from the Old French word
aliancederived from the Old French word
alierderived from the Latin word
alligare (bind, fetter; bandage)
derived from the Late Latin word
ligare (to bind; to tie; bind, tie, fasten)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leig-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 alliance in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
Dutch
alliantie, French
alliance, German
Allianz, Italian
allianza, Norwegian
allianse, Provençal
aliansa, Spanish
alianza, Swedish
alliansUsage
Word found in Modern English
