allemand

Signification

Noun

German (The German language)

Adj

1. German (related to or originating from Germany)
2. of the German language; German

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/al.mɑ̃/

Étymologie

From Late Latin Alamannus or Alemannus (related to Alamans, ancient Germanic people for whom the name meant "all men", "all people", according to Asinius Quadratus). aleman became alemant by the addition of a terminal T of the singular objective case for adjectives of second class in Old French, and then alemand. The Latin word itself derives from the Old High German Alaman, from a Proto-Germanic *Alamanniz, likely from the roots *allaz (whence English all) and *manniz < *mann- (whence English man).