Proto-Italic

*aliteros

‘other (of two)’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *aliteros.

23 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *aliteros, most familiar first.

• alternate ← alternātus ← alternō ← alternus ← alter
• adultery ← adulterium ← adulterō ← alterum/alteram
• altercation ← altercātiō ← altercor ← alter
• altruism ← altruisme ← autrui ← autrui ← *alterui
• alternation ← alternatio ← alternō ← alternus ← alter
• altruist ← altruism ← altruisme ← autrui ← autrui
• adulterate ← adulterātus ← adulterō ← alterum/alteram
• altern ← alternus ← alter
• adulterine ← adulterīnus ← adulter ← adulterō ← alterum/alteram
• adulter ← adulterō ← alterum/alteram
• advoutrer ← advouterer ← avoutrier ← adulterō ← alterum/alteram
• advoutry ← avoutrie ← avouterie ← adulterium ← adulterō

More words from *aliteros

• altercate
• altruize
• antialtruism
• avouterer
• hyperaltruism
• nonaltruism
• sesquialterate
• sesquialtera
• sesquialter
• sesquialterous
• sesquialteran

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *aliteros