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From phrases such as ἄλλος ἄλλον (állos állon), ἄλλοι ἄλλους (álloi állous, “one another”), with loss of λ either by dissimilation or by the lengthening of α, as well as restoration of the second initial vowel ή (ḗ) (< *h₂élyos (“other”)). For similar formations, compare Latin alius alium, Sanskrit अन्योन्य (anyonya, “one another, mutual”).[1]

ἀλλήλων • (allḗlōn)

  1. referring back to a plural subject, and expressing an action done in two directions: of one another, to one another, one another, each other, mutually, reciprocally

    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.62–63:

      ἀλλ' ἤτοι μὲν ταῦθ' ὑποείξομεν ἀλλήλοισι, / σοὶ μὲν ἐγώ, σὺ δ’ ἐμοί·
      all' ḗtoi mèn taûth' hupoeíxomen allḗloisi, / soì mèn egṓ, sù d’ emoí;
      Anyway, let's yield herein to one another, / I to you, and you to me.
  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἀλλήλους, -ων, -οις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 72