Words that come from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros

272 words across 44 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros — including alternative, alter, alternate, alteration, altering, alternating, alternately, adultery.

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English (60)

Latin (41)

Italian (30)

Spanish (18)

French (14)

Portuguese (13)

Catalan (9)

Old French (9)

Old Irish (5)

Irish (5)

Ido (5)

Norman (5)

German (5)

Middle French (4)

Galician (4)

Dutch (4)

Ladin (4)

Asturian (3)

Hungarian (3)

Romanian (3)

Medieval Latin (3)

Romansch (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Old Occitan (1)

Cebuano (1)

Friulian (1)

Aromanian (1)

Fala (1)

Sicilian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Ligurian (1)

Danish (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Walloon (1)

Ladino (1)

Middle English (1)

Classical Latin (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Bourguignon (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)

Late Latin (1)