English

all to

From expressions such as all to break, all to split, all to broken, formed from the incorrect division of words containing the prefix to- (e.g.

A compound of all + to-

Proto-Germanic *allaz

Proto-West Germanic *all

Old English eall

Middle English all

English all

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ‘two’

Proto-Indo-European *dwís ‘two-ways, in twain’

Proto-Germanic *twiz- ‘apart, in two’

Proto-West Germanic *tō-

English to-

Today it means

adv completely, totally.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.