Where does “altru” come from?
altru (Ido) comes from Ido altra, from French autre, from Middle French aultre, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta — to live.
altru (Ido): another person, someone else
Definitions
- another person, someone else
Ancestry of “altru”, step by step
altru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido altra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | altra | other, another |
| 2 | French | autre | other; another |
| 3 | Middle French | aultre | other; another; someone else; another person |
| 4 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 5 | Old French | vie | life |
| 6 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 7 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 8 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 9 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
via Ido u
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | u | — |