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Where does “ailleurs” come from?

ailleurs (French) comes from Middle French ailleurs, from Old French aillors, from Latin aliōrsum, from Proto-Italic aljoworssom.

ailleurs (French): elsewhere; somewhere else

Definitions

  1. elsewhere; somewhere else

Ancestry of “ailleurs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchailleurselsewhere
2Old Frenchaillorselsewhere
3Latinaliōrsum—
4Proto-Italicaljoworssom—
Every word from Proto-Italic aljoworssom →