English

also

/ˈɔːl.səʊ/
In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

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    Origin

    From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English eallswā (“just like, also”), from Proto-West Germanic *allswā, equivalent to all + so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon alsō (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). Doublet of as. More at all, so.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishalso
      • inheritedOld Englisheallswā
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*allswā
          • partProto-West Germanic*all “all”
            • inheritedProto-Germanic*allaz “all; entire, whole”
              • inheritedProto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
          • partProto-West Germanic*swā
            • inheritedProto-Germanic*swa
              • derivedProto-Indo-European*swé “self”
                • derived (ultimately)Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ- “to show”
    • rootProto-Indo-European*h₂el- “grown, tall, big”

    Related: English as (doublet), Scots alsa, Saterland Frisian also, West Frisian alsa, Old Saxon alsō, Dutch alzo, German also, Danish altså, Norwegian Bokmål altså, Norwegian Nynorsk altso, Swedish alltså

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