Where does “autrement” come from?
autrement (French) comes from Middle French aultrement, from Middle French aultre, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō — to live.
autrement (French): otherwise; differently, in another way or manner
Definitions
- otherwise; differently, in another way or manner
Ancestry of “autrement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | aultrement | otherwise |
| 2 | Middle French | aultre | other; another; someone else; another person |
| 3 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 4 | Old French | vie | life |
| 5 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 6 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 7 | Latin | vīta | — |
| 8 | Latin | vīvō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |