Etymograph

English

allaud

Allaud comes from Latin allaudō ‘to praise greatly, extol’, and goes back to laus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus1‘praise, commendation’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudō2‘praise’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEallaudō3as allaudāre‘to praise greatly, extol’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1621allaud3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin laudo
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin allaudo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English allaud
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1621, Symon Goulart, The Wise-Vieillard: “This terror floweth from the sense and feeling of…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElausWiktionary, Latin laudo‘praise, commendation’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudōWiktionary, Latin allaudo‘praise’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEallaudōWiktionary, English allaudas allaudāre‘to praise greatly, extol’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1621allaudWiktionary, English allaud. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1621, Symon Goulart, The Wise-Vieillard: “This terror floweth from the sense and feeling of…”

Linked words

through Latin laus ‘praise, commendation’

loos, 7 more

through Latin laudō ‘praise’

laudable, 7 more

Today it means

verb To praise, laud.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “allaud”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin laudo, Latin allaudo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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