Where does “Alternativhypothese” come from?

Alternativhypothese (German) comes from German alternativ, from French alternatif, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.

Alternativhypothese (German): alternative hypothesis

Definitions

  1. alternative hypothesis

Ancestry of “Alternativhypothese”, step by step

Alternativhypothese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German alternativ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanalternativalternative
2Frenchalternatifalternating; alternative
3Latinalternativusalternating
4Latinalternātusalternated, vacillated
5Latinalternōto do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate
6Latinalternusalternate (one after the other), successive
7Latinalterthe other, the second; the one...the other
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élterosother , second
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂el-to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam

via German Hypothese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHypothesehypothesis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros →Every word from Latin alter →