Etymograph

English

allure

Allure comes from Old French aleurer ‘to entice’.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400aleurer‘to entice’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aluren
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1590allure

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400aleurer‘to entice’
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aluren
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1590allure

Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book II, Canto XII: “[They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; /…”

Equivalent to al- + lure

Proto-Germanic *lōþr-

Frankish *lōþr

Old French loirre

Anglo-Norman lure

English lure

Every English word from Old French aleurer

Another origin of allure

  1. Early Medieval Latinmodernalāreearlier origin unknown
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400aler‘to go’
  3. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400alure
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  5. Englishtodayallure

Today it means

noun The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

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

Etymograph / Old French aleurer / allure

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