Where does “noialtri” come from?
noialtri (Italian) comes from Italian altri, 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.
noialtri (Italian): us
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Ancestry of “noialtri”, step by step
noialtri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian altri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | altri | plural of altro |
| 2 | Italian | altro | other, another, more, further, else; previous,... |
| 3 | Spanish | otro | other, another; "Not again!" or "What, again?";... |
| 4 | Latin | vertere | inflection of vertō: ## third-person plural... |
| 5 | Latin | verto | I turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wertō | to turn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |