Etymograph

English

allide

Allide comes from Latin allīdō ‘to dash or crush against’, and goes back to laedō ‘to strike, collide, hurt’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaedō‘to strike, collide, hurt’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEallīdō‘to dash or crush against’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1984allide

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaedō‘to strike, collide, hurt’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEallīdō‘to dash or crush against’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1984allide

Earliest quotation: 1984, "United States. National Transportation : “...the presumption operable here is the standard to which…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek λίθος ‘stone’

lithium, 10 more

through Latin laedō ‘to strike, collide, hurt’

lesion, collide, 2 more

Today it means

verb To impact a stationary object.

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

Etymograph / Latin laedō / allide

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