Where does “otherwhere” come from?
otherwhere (English) comes from English other, from English kin, from English fictionkin, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
otherwhere (English): Synonym of somewhere else: elsewhere, in or to...
Definitions
- Synonym of somewhere else: elsewhere, in or to...
Ancestry of “otherwhere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | other | See "other" below; Second; Alien |
| 2 | English | kin | Race; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same... |
| 3 | English | fictionkin | — |
| 4 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 5 | Middle English | ficcioun | — |
| 6 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 7 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | — |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | — |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |