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Where does “ailleurs” come from?

ailleurs (Middle French) comes from Old French aillors, from Latin aliōrsum, from Proto-Italic aljoworssom.

ailleurs (Middle French): elsewhere

Definitions

  1. elsewhere

Ancestry of “ailleurs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchaillorselsewhere
2Latinaliōrsum—
3Proto-Italicaljoworssom—

Words derived from “ailleurs”

  • ailleurs
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