English
allocare
From allo- + care.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos ‘other, another’
Proto-Hellenic *áľľos
Ancient Greek ἄλλος ‘other’
English allo-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- ‘to shout, call’
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Proto-Germanic *karō ‘complaint, lament; worry, sorrow’
Proto-West Germanic *karu ‘care, worry’
Old English caru ‘worry, anxiety, care; sorrow’
Middle English care ‘grief’
English care
Today it means
noun Care given to an infant by an animal that is not the infant's parent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / allocare