Where does “voialtri” come from?

voialtri (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.

voialtri (Italian): you

Definitions

  1. you

Ancestry of “voialtri”, step by step

voialtri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian altri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianaltriplural of altro
2Italianaltroother, another, more, further, else; previous,...
3Spanishotroother, another; "Not again!" or "What, again?";...
4Latinvertereinflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...
5LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
6Proto-Italicwertōto turn
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Italian voi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvoiyou
2Latinvōsyou, ye, you all
3Old Latinvōs
4Proto-Italicwōsyou
5Proto-Indo-European*yúHsyou (plural)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert-Every word from Proto-Italic wertō
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