English
all
All comes from Middle English all, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *allaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*allazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*allreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150eall
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500all
- Englishearliest quotation 1579all
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*allazreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*allreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150eall
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500all
- Englishearliest quotation 1579all
Earliest quotation: 1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender: “All as his straying flock he fed.”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
old, else, adult, el, ultimate, element, ultra, elder, alien, alternate, outrage, ou, qualification, altitude, alter, ellen, adolescent, alumni, abolish, altar, alpine, alt, alias, alto, proletariat, auld, ulterior, retaliate, alimony, alum, alibi, altruism, alp, coalesce, aad, eld, parallax, altimeter, foetal, althea, 66 more
through Proto-West Germanic *all
Today it means
det Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *allaz / all