Alice
English
/ˈæl.ɪs/
proper noun
Definitions
- popular in England since the Middle Ages.
- (cryptography) The person or system that sends a message to another person or system conventionally known as Bob.
- (AU) , Australia.
- (city in North Dakota).
- (city/county seat in Jim Wells County).
Etymology
Derived from Old French Alis derived from Old High German Adalheidis.
Origin
Old High German
Adalheidis
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Allison English
- Aliisa Finnish
- Alisa Finnish
- Adelheid German
- Alice German
- Adélaïde French
- Alice French
- *aþalaz Proto-Germanic
- Alice Swedish
- Alice Danish
- Alis Old French
- Alice Cebuano
- Adalheidis Old High German
- Alice Tagalog
- Allison Tagalog
- 愛麗絲 Chinese
- 艾麗絲 Chinese
- 阿麗絲 Chinese
- Alica Slovak
- Alice Norwegian
- Aaliit Kalaallisut, Greenlandic