A- +lag, first part fromLatina, fromAncient GreekΑ(A,“alpha”), likely through theEtruscan language, fromPhoenician𐤀(ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite
, from Proto-Sinaitic
, fromEgyptian𓃾.
Last part fromOld Norselag(“layer; companionship”), fromProto-Germanic*lagą(“situation; law”), fromProto-Indo-European*legʰ-(“to lie”).
A-lag n (definite singularA-laget,indefinite pluralA-lag,definite pluralA-lagaorA-lagene)