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alleger (n.)
[alleger 词源字典]
1570s, agent noun from
allege
. The Latinate form,
allegator
(1680s) rarely was used, for some reason.
[alleger etymology, alleger origin, 英语词源]
legerdemain (n.)
early 15c., "conjuring tricks," from Middle French
léger de main
"quick of hand," literally "light of hand," from
léger
"light" in weight (from Latin
levis
"light;" see
lever
) +
main
"hand" (from Latin
manus
; see
manual
).