Where does “alter” come from?
alter (German) comes from German Alt, from Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic ald, from Proto-Germanic aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eltós, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.
alter (German): age, old age
Definitions
- age, old age
Ancestry of “alter”, step by step
alter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
Words derived from “alter”
- Alter
- Zeitalter
- Altersbestimmung
- Altertum
- Altersgruppe
- Altersheim
- gleichalterig
- Alterserscheinung
- Lebensalter
- Altersdiskriminierung
- Renteneintrittsalter
- Alterspräsident
- Altenteil
- altersbedingt
- Altersbeschränkung
- Altersdemenz
- altersentsprechend
- Altersgrenze
- Altersklasse
- Altersmilde
- Alterspyramide
- Altersrente
- Altersstarrsinn
- Altersunterschied