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Where does “altra” come from?

altra (Italian) comes from Italian altro, from Spanish otro, from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

altra (Italian): feminine singular of altro

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of altro

Ancestry of “altra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaltroother, another, more, further, else; previous,...
2Spanishotroother, another; "Not again!" or "What, again?";...
3Latinvertereinflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...
4LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
5Proto-Italicwertō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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