Morpheme
al-
Type
prefix
Denotation
to, toward, with regard to, in relation to; sometimes merely emphatic
Etymology
assimilated form of Latin ad- before <l>
Evidence
allargando, allege, alleviate, alliance, allocate, allot, allude, allumette, allure, allusive, alluvium
See Also
Homographs
-al, Al, -al(e) [-al, -ale], Al(i) [Ali, Al], Al(l) [All, Al]