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Where does “aliter” come from?

aliter (French) comes from French lit, from Old French lit, from Latin lēctus, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

aliter (French): to be bedridden; to cause to become bedridden

Definitions

  1. to be bedridden; to cause to become bedridden

Ancestry of “aliter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlitbed; third-person singular present indicative of...
2Old Frenchlitbed
3Latinlēctus—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “aliter”

  • alita
  • alitement
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