Where does “alternatif” come from?
alternatif (Indonesian) comes from Dutch alternatief, from Middle 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.
alternatif (Indonesian): alternative: one of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen
Definitions
- alternative: one of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen
Ancestry of “alternatif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | alternatief | alternative; alternative, deviant; alternating |
| 2 | Middle French | alternatif | alternating; alternative |
| 3 | Latin | alternativus | alternating |
| 4 | Latin | alternātus | alternated, vacillated |
| 5 | Latin | alternō | to do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate |
| 6 | Latin | alternus | alternate (one after the other), successive |
| 7 | Latin | alter | the other, the second; the one...the other |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élteros | other , second |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |