Where does “otro” come from?
otro (Papiamentu) comes 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.
otro (Papiamentu): other, another
Ancestry of “otro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | otro | other, another; "Not again!" or "What, again?";... |
| 2 | Latin | vertere | inflection of vertō:
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| 3 | Latin | verto | I turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wertō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |