all-

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "all"

English

Etymology

From Middle English all- (also al-), from Old English eall-, eal- (“all-”). Cognate with Dutch al-, German all-, Swedish all-. More at all.

Prefix

all-

  1. Indicates complete power or authority in an area.
    Synonym: omni-
    ‎all- + ‎knowing → ‎all-knowing
    ‎all- + ‎loving → ‎all-loving
    ‎all- + ‎seeing → ‎all-seeing
    ‎all- + ‎powerful → ‎all-powerful
    ‎all- + ‎important → ‎all-important
  2. Indicates that a term applies in a general manner.
    Synonyms: omni-, pan-
    ‎all- + ‎around → ‎all-around
    ‎all- + ‎over → ‎all-over
    ‎all- + ‎India → ‎all-India = union-level scope
    ‎all- + ‎Union → ‎all-Union = union-level scope

Usage notes

  • Words derived from all- are usually formed with a hyphen.

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Derived terms

English terms prefixed with all-

Translations

Anagrams

Estonian

Etymology

From all.

Prefix

all-

  1. located beneath, at the bottom, nether, sub-

Derived terms

Estonian terms prefixed with all-

Icelandic

Prefix

all-

  1. fairly, rather, decently
  2. (dated) very
    Ekki allfáir viðskiptavinir.
    Very many customers.

Usage notes

Synonyms

Derived terms

Category Icelandic terms prefixed with all- not found

See also

  • dá- (“rather, fairly, quite”)

References

  1. ^ XIII. Bandstrik ("hyphens")

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ala-, spelling due to influence of allr (“all”).

Prefix

all-

  1. Alternative spelling of al-

References

  • all- in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *alyos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Cognate with Old English el-, Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Prefix

all-

  1. out, off, ex-, extra-
    Synonyms: ech-, es-
    ‎all- + ‎morio (“to travel by sea”) → ‎allforio (“to export”)
    ‎all- + ‎plyg (“folded”) → ‎allblyg (“extrovert”)
    ‎all- + ‎pwn (“load, burden”) → ‎allbwn (“output”)
  2. other, allo-
    ‎all- + ‎tud (“people, nation”) → ‎alltud (“stranger; exile”)
    ‎all- + ‎ffôn (“phone”) → ‎allffon (“allophone”)

Antonyms

Derived terms

Welsh terms prefixed with all-

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
all- unchanged unchanged hall-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “all-”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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