Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros

400 words across 46 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros — including other, pure, alternative, purely, alter, purity, alternate, alteration.

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English (164)

Latin (40)

Italian (33)

French (26)

Spanish (16)

Portuguese (13)

Catalan (11)

Esperanto (8)

Old French (7)

Hungarian (6)

Middle French (5)

Galician (5)

Dutch (5)

Ido (5)

Norman (5)

German (5)

Irish (4)

Ladin (4)

Romanian (4)

Asturian (3)

Old Irish (3)

Japanese (2)

Papiamentu (2)

Romansch (2)

Old Occitan (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Aukan (1)

Cebuano (1)

Friulian (1)

Chinese (1)

Aromanian (1)

Fala (1)

Sicilian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Tagalog (1)

Russian (1)

Greek (1)

Korean (1)

Ligurian (1)

Swedish (1)

Tarantino (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Middle English (1)

Words from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer