Proto-Indo-European

*h₂élyos

‘other, another’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.

42 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos, most familiar first.

• else ← ells ← elles ← *alljas ← *aljas
• alien ← aliēnus ← alius ← *aljos
• alternate ← alternātus ← alternō ← alternus ← alter
• adultery ← adulterium ← adulterō ← alterum/alteram ← *aliteros
• alienation ← alienacioun ← alienacion ← alienatio ← aliēnō
• altercation ← altercātiō ← altercor ← alter ← *aliteros
• alibi ← alius ← *aljos
• alienate ← alienat(e) ← aliēnātus ← aliēnō ← aliēnus
• altruism ← altruisme ← autrui ← autrui ← *alterui
• parallax ← parallaxe ← παράλλαξις ← παραλλάσσω ← ἀλλάσσω
• inalienable ← aliénable ← aliéner ← alieno ← aliēnus
• alternation ← alternatio ← alternō ← alternus ← alter

More words from *h₂élyos

• altruist
• adulterate
• altern
• allophone
• allotrope
• abalienate
• abalienation
• adulterine
• adulter
• advoutrer
• advoutry
• altercate
• allelomorph
• alienans
• aliter
• allophonics
• allostasis
• allœotic
• allophony
• aliety
• allodapic
• altruize
• alloscutum
• alliesthesia
• antialtruism
• anallactic
• avouterer
• hyperaltruism
• nonaltruism
• synallaxine

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos