How to Spell all
all
all - adjective
- The whole amount, quantity, or extent of
- As much as possible
- Every member or individual component of
- The whole number or sum of
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
"needed all the courage they had"
Etymology
Old English
Middle English al, all, alle, going back to Old English eall (West Saxon), all (Anglian), going back to Germanic *alla- (whence also Old Frisian al, alle "the whole of," Old Saxon all, Old High German al, all, Old Norse allr, Gothic alls), probably going back to *al-no- or *ol-no-, derivative of a base *ala-/*ola- seen in compounds (as Old English ælmihtig almighty:1, Old Saxon alohwīt "completely white," Old High German alawāri "quite true," Gothic alabrunsts "burnt offering," calque of Greek holokaútōma), of uncertain origin
Word family
almost, already, also