English
alltud
Alltud comes from Welsh alltud ‘exile, deportee’, and goes back to Middle Welsh alltud.
- Middle Welshc. 1150–1500alltud
- Welshc. 1500–presentsame form‘exile, deportee’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Welshc. 1150–1500alltud
- Welshc. 1500–presentsame form‘exile, deportee’
- Englishearliest quotation 1841same form
Earliest quotation: 1841, Aneurin Owen, Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales: “precautions against alltuds obtaining the lands of the Cymry”.
Every English word from Middle Welsh alltud
Today it means
noun A foreigner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Welsh alltud / alltud