Where does “alternatywny” come from?

alternatywny (Polish) comes from Polish alternatywa, from French alternatif, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.

alternatywny (Polish): alternative

Definitions

  1. alternative

Ancestry of “alternatywny”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishalternatywaalternative
2Frenchalternatifalternating; alternative
3Latinalternativusalternating
4Latinalternātusalternated, vacillated
5Latinalternōto do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate
6Latinalternusalternate (one after the other), successive
7Latinalterthe other, the second; the one...the other
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élterosother , second
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂el-to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam

Words derived from “alternatywny”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂el- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros →Every word from Latin alter →