all

English

/ɔːl/, /ɔl/, /ɑl/

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Definitions
  • Every individual or anything of the given class, with no exceptions (the noun or noun phrase denoting the class must be plural or uncountable).
  • Throughout the whole of (a stated period of time; generally used with units of a day or longer).
  • Only; alone; nothing but.
  • (obsolete) Any.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English all inherited from Old English eall (entire, universal, whole, all, every) inherited from *all inherited from Proto-Germanic *allaz (all, whole, every) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (grow, other, nourish, wander, beyond, all, roam, be wet, rise, live on, feed).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂el-

Gloss

grow, other, nourish, wander, beyond, all, roam, be wet, rise, live on, feed

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