Where does “autrui” come from?

autrui (French) comes from Old French autrui, from Latin alteri, from Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros, from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.

autrui (French): others; other people; someone else

Definitions

  1. others; other people; someone else

Ancestry of “autrui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchautruiothers
2Latinalteridative masculine singular of alter; dative...
3Latinalterthe other, the second; the one...the other
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élterosother , second
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂el-to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam

Words derived from “autrui”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros →Every word from Latin alter →