An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/allmählich

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2522516An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, A — allmählichJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

allmählich, allmälig, adjective, ‘gradual,’ earlier allmächlich and allgemach, from Middle High German almechlich ‘slow’; the later form allmälig is based upon Mal, ‘time,’ but the Middle High German form upon gemach. —