Where does “aliter” come from?

Aliter derives from Latin aliter, from Latin alius meaning "other," which developed from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos with the same sense.

aliter (English): otherwise

Definitions

  1. otherwise

Ancestry of “aliter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaliterotherwise; differently, wrongly, poorly; badly,...
2Latinaliusother, another, any other; else; different
3Proto-Italicaljosanother
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish
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