Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “h₂eltós”
400 words across 65 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós — including old, elderly, altar, elder, eldest, altitude, Highness, haughty.
See the etymology of h₂eltós itself →
English (113)
- old
- elderly
- altar
- elder
- eldest
- altitude
- Highness
- haughty
- olds
- exaltation
- alt
- exalt
- alto
- haughtily
- haughtiness
- exalting
- eld
- oboe
- hauteur
- altarpiece
- hawser
- altimeter
- elderberry
- exalteth
- oldish
- Provençal
- eldership
- altimetry
- Yola
- eldercare
- altiplano
- hautboy
- oldness
- oboist
- oldie
- nonelderly
- hault
- oldstyle
- oldster
- elderhood
- elderflower
- altissimo
- hautbois
- elden
- haught
- eldress
- altarwise
- exalter
- altitudinous
- elderliness
- elderspeak
- altarage
- exaltest
- altoist
- hauty
- altarlike
- oldy
- oboeist
- hoboy
- altimetre
- altisonant
- midaltitude
- oldsquaw
- superaltar
- altarless
- oboelike
- Aldcliffe
- oldfangled
- oldhead
- exaltingly
- oldling
- altie
- elderish
- hautpas
- altometer
- superexaltation
- hautboyist
- hautest
- exaltment
- altiscope
- altarist
- exaltate
- hautboist
- altisonous
- superexalt
- old-fashioned
- haut gout
- altname
- old guard
- oldbie
- nonold
- old-fashionedly
- elderberrying
- elderwed
- bialtitude
- oldfag
- old-farrant
- eldermother
- eldship
- self-exaltation
- altcoin
- alto-
- altfic
- Judeo-Provençal
- critical altitude
- unexalting
- one-year-old
- oldhood
- elderate
- oldass
- exaltational
- haut
- olde
Esperanto (42)
- alta
- alto
- olda
- alte
- alti
- malalta
- alteco
- oldulo
- altlernejo
- oldulino
- oldi
- oldeco
- altulo
- malaltigi
- altranga
- altaĵo
- malalte
- malalteco
- altiĝi
- altrangulo
- altaĵeto
- altaĵaro
- altigi
- plialtigi
- altejo
- altestimi
- altestime
- altestimo
- altestima
- altgrada
- altgrade
- altkreska
- malaltkreska
- alttaksi
- altvalora
- malaltigo
- malaltiĝi
- malaltiĝo
- malaltranga
- malaltaĵo
- malaltejo
- malalti