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all-

prefix

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-West Germanic *ala- Old English æl- Middle English all- English all- From Middle English all- (also al-), from Old English eall-, eal- (“all-”). Cognate with Dutch al-, German all-, Swedish all-. More at all.

  1. inherited from eall-
  2. inherited from all-

Definitions

  1. Indicates complete power or authority in an area.

    • all- + knowing → all-knowing
    • all- + loving → all-loving
    • all- + seeing → all-seeing

  2. Indicates that a term applies in a general manner.

    • all- + around → all-around
    • all- + over → all-over
    • all- + India → all-India

  3. Alternative letter-case form of All-.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Indicates a team comprising the best players for each position

      • All- + America → All-America = a team made up of the best players from America
      • All- + Mountain West Conference → All-Mountain West Conference

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for all-. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA