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

autrement traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French aultrement

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
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	life
8	Latin	vīvō	to live
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

via Late Latin alterā mente

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Late Latin	alterā mente	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti →