Where does “altîncotro” come from?

altîncotro (Romanian) comes from Romanian încotro, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

altîncotro (Romanian): other way

Definitions

  1. other way

Ancestry of “altîncotro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianîncotrowhich way, whither, whereto
2Latinīn-un-, non-, not
3Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →