Where does “e-alert” come from?
e-alert (English) comes from English Alert, from French alerte, from Italian all'erta, from Italian erta, from Italian erto, from Latin ērectus, from Latin ērigō, from Latin regō — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
e-alert (English): An alert sent by e-mail or similar electronic...
Definitions
- An alert sent by e-mail or similar electronic...
Ancestry of “e-alert”, step by step
e-alert traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Alert
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Alert | the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world |
| 2 | French | alerte | alert; agile; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Italian | all'erta | Alternative spelling of allerta; to the height |
| 4 | Italian | erta | feminine singular of erto; steep slope |
| 5 | Italian | erto | steep |
| 6 | Latin | ērectus | erected, made upright, raised, having been set up |
| 7 | Latin | ērigō | to raise up, elevate, lift |
| 8 | Latin | regō | to rule, govern, direct |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | regō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃réǵeti | to be straightening, to be setting upright |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via English E
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | E | The ordinal number fifth, derived from this... |
| 2 | Old English | E | — |
| 3 | Latin | E | Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌄 | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ε | Lower case epsilon, the fifth letter of the ancient and modern Greek alphabets. Its name was εἶ, later ἒ ψιλόν, and presently έψιλον. It represents roughly the same sound in both alphabets: in Modern Greek, a somewhat lowered variant of the mid front unrounded vowel: or. It is preceded by δ and foll |
| 6 | Phoenician | 𐤄 | that |
| 7 | Egyptian | 𓀠 | — |