Where does “alternatívabb” come from?
alternatívabb (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian alternatív, from German alternativ, from French alternatif, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.
Ancestry of “alternatívabb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | alternatív | alternative |
| 2 | German | alternativ | alternative |
| 3 | French | alternatif | alternating; alternative |
| 4 | Latin | alternativus | alternating |
| 5 | Latin | alternātus | alternated, vacillated |
| 6 | Latin | alternō | to do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate |
| 7 | Latin | alternus | alternate (one after the other), successive |
| 8 | Latin | alter | the other, the second; the one...the other |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élteros | other , second |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |