Where does “alto” come from?
alto (Dutch) comes from Dutch alternatieveling, from Dutch alternatief, from Middle French alternatif, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.
alto (Dutch): Someone who participates in an alternative...
Definitions
- Someone who participates in an alternative...
Ancestry of “alto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | alternatieveling | Someone who participates in an alternative... |
| 2 | Dutch | alternatief | alternative; alternative, deviant; alternating |
| 3 | Middle French | alternatif | alternating; alternative |
| 4 | Latin | alternativus | alternating |
| 5 | Latin | alternātus | alternated, vacillated |
| 6 | Latin | alternō | to do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate |
| 7 | Latin | alternus | alternate (one after the other), successive |
| 8 | Latin | alter | the other, the second; the one...the other |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élteros | other , second |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |