Where does “alternativo” come from?
alternativo (Dutch) comes from Dutch alternatief, from Middle French alternatif, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.
alternativo (Dutch): Someone who participates in an alternative...
Definitions
- Someone who participates in an alternative...
Ancestry of “alternativo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | alternatief | alternative; alternative, deviant; alternating |
| 2 | Middle French | alternatif | alternating; alternative |
| 3 | Latin | alternativus | alternating |
| 4 | Latin | alternātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | alternō | — |
| 6 | Latin | alternus | alternate , successive; interchangeable; mutual,... |
| 7 | Latin | alter | the other, the second; the one...the other |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élteros | other , second |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |