English
allision
Allision comes from Latin allisiō ‘striking or dashing against’, and goes back to allīdō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEallīdō‘to dash or crush against’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEallisiō‘striking or dashing against’
- Englishearliest quotation 1695allision
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEallīdō‘to dash or crush against’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEallisiō‘striking or dashing against’
- Englishearliest quotation 1695allision
Earliest quotation: 1695, John Woodward: An essay toward a natural: “There have not been any islands of note, or…”
Formed from -ion ‘noun suffix denoting action, result, process,…’
Every English word from Latin allīdō
Today it means
noun The striking of a vessel against a fixed object; the act of alliding or an instance thereof.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin allīdō / allision