Etymograph

English

allaud

Allaud comes from Latin allaudō ‘to praise greatly, extol’, and goes back to laus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, commendation’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudō‘praise’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEallaudōas allaudāre‘to praise greatly, extol’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1621allaud

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, commendation’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudō‘praise’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEallaudōas allaudāre‘to praise greatly, extol’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1621allaud

Earliest quotation: 1621, Symon Goulart, The Wise-Vieillard: “This terror floweth from the sense and feeling of…”

Linked words

through Latin laus ‘praise, commendation’

loos, 7 more

through Latin laudō ‘praise’

laudable, 7 more

Today it means

verb To praise, laud.

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

Etymograph / Latin laus / allaud

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