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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 Excerpt: ...is the father of the German race; and the word is derivable from the Sskr. man, "cogitare." Compare the Ohg. ahnenar, the G. n-gcmein, "vulgaris, communis," "common to all," ameninger, Ohg. allgememheit, G., " universitas, generality;" nmenninger, "loca communia," "localities held in common possession." AXmende, Ohg., "in common," i.e. "for all men." Allmannelig, Sv., gemem, G., common, E., almeen, almindlig, gemeen, Dan. Jan Alleman, D., is Hans Jederman, G., and Jack Everybody, E. Mdnniglich, G., is "all men in general; " = die menge, G. = the many, E. ALLEY--Allee, Fr., al, Ohg. Referable to Sskr. AR, RI, "to go;" alley is therefore a walking place. Compare also ark, Sskr., and the article Alaerity. Alley from ark would mean, like arx, "a fortified, secure place, a place of concealment." ALLIANCE--From Sskr. It, "adhaerere, insidere," therefore alliance is adhesion to somebody. ALLIGATE, " to tie together." The word is directly from the L. ligare, from lag, Sskr., "adhaerere," caus. "to tie, to bind together." ALLIGATOR.--" The word Alligator has had a syllable prefixed in Coming into English use. The word is Spanish, lagarto, from Latin lacerla, which in sound is very like our own word of similar descent, lizard. But the word lizard would never have served the purpose of expressing the monster of its tribe, without some qualifying adjective; and therefore, those who first made the acquaintance of the animal adopted the Spanish name they heard given to it; but their hearers, not recognising the structure of the name, compressed the two words el lagarto into one, which has supplied us with a distinct and i...
