alma

alma

‘Egyptian dancing-girl’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    E. almé, almah, almeh < Lat. Alma ‘nourishing’ < alere ‘to suckle, nourish’ < uhl < al- < Tamil al 

adolescent

adult

alderman

aliment

alimony

alma

Alma-mater

alt

alti-

altimetry

Alto-rilievo

altimeter

altitude

alto

alumnus

auld

coalesce

elder

eldest

Eldred

enhance

exalt

Haught

haughty

hautboy

hawser

oboe

old

proletarian

proliferation

prolific

abolish

world