Where does “alternatief” come from?

alternatief (Dutch) comes from Middle French alternatif, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros, from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.

alternatief (Dutch): alternative; alternative, deviant; alternating

Definitions

  1. alternative; alternative, deviant; alternating

Ancestry of “alternatief”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchalternatifalternating; alternative
2Latinalternativusalternating
3Latinalternātusalternated, vacillated
4Latinalternōto do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate
5Latinalternusalternate (one after the other), successive
6Latinalterthe other, the second; the one...the other
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élterosother , second
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂el-to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam

Words derived from “alternatief”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros →Every word from Latin alter →