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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

alloy sb. XVI. — (O)F. aloi, f. OF. aloier, earlier aleier :- L. alligāre, f. AL-1 + ligāre bind (cf. ALLY2, LIEN).
So alloy vb. XVII; superseded †allay sb. and vb. (XIV) — OF. alei(er).

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