Where does “alibi” come from?
alibi (French) comes from Latin alibi, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
alibi (French): alibi
Ancestry of “alibi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | alibi | elsewhere, somewhere else |
| 2 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | aljos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |