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Alas

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a⋅las

  [uh-las, uh-lahs]
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–interjection
(used as an exclamation to express sorrow, grief, pity, concern, or apprehension of evil.)
Origin:
1225–75; ME < OF (h)a las!, equiv. to (h)a ah + las wretched < L lassus weary; cf. alack

Alas.

 
Alaska.
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a·las   (ə-lās')   
interj.  Used to express sorrow, regret, grief, compassion, or apprehension of danger or evil.

[Middle English, from Old French a las, helas, ah (I am) miserable, from Latin lassus, weary; see lē- in Indo-European roots.]
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alas 
c.1260, from O.Fr. ha, las (later Fr. hélas), from ha "ah" + las "unfortunate," originally "tired, weary," from L. lassus "weary," originally an expression of weariness rather than woe.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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