Where does “aultrement” come from?
aultrement (Middle French) comes from Middle French aultre, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō — to live.
aultrement (Middle French): otherwise
Definitions
- otherwise
Ancestry of “aultrement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | aultre | other; another; someone else; another person |
| 2 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 3 | Old French | vie | life |
| 4 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 5 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 6 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 7 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |