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Where does “alternatívák” come from?

alternatívák (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian alternatíva, from German Alternative, 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.

alternatívák (Hungarian): nominative plural of alternatíva

Definitions

  1. nominative plural of alternatíva

Ancestry of “alternatívák”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianalternatívaalternative, choice, option
2GermanAlternativealternative; option, choice
3Latinalternativusalternating
4Latinalternātus—
5Latinalternō—
6Latinalternusalternate , successive; interchangeable; mutual,...
7Latinalterthe other, the second; the one...the other
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élterosother , second
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂el-to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam
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