Where does “alternativement” come from?
alternativement (French) comes from French alternative, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros, from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.
alternativement (French): alternatively
Definitions
- alternatively
Ancestry of “alternativement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | alternative | feminine singular of alternatif; alternative |
| 2 | Latin | alternativus | alternating |
| 3 | Latin | alternātus | alternated, vacillated |
| 4 | Latin | alternō | to do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate |
| 5 | Latin | alternus | alternate (one after the other), successive |
| 6 | Latin | alter | the other, the second; the one...the other |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élteros | other , second |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |