Etymology Explorer › Old High German

Where does “altar” come from?

altar (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic aldrą, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

altar (Old High German): age

Definitions

  1. age

Ancestry of “altar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicaldrąlife; lifetime, age
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—

Words derived from “altar”

  • mittelalterig
  • Spätmittelalter
  • Alterserscheinung
  • Altersbestimmung
  • Mittelaltermarkt
  • Erdmittelalter
  • gleichalterig
  • Altertumskunde
  • Hochaltar
  • Altar
  • Altersdiskriminierung
  • Erdaltertum
  • Altertum
  • Frühmittelalter
  • Alter
  • Zeitalter
  • mittelaltrig
  • Altersheim
  • altertümlich
  • Altersgruppe
  • frühmittelalterlich
  • Lebensalter
  • mittelalterlich
  • hochmittelalterlich
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