Where does “altă” come from?
altă (Romanian) comes from Romanian alt, from Ido altru, from Ido altra, from French autre, from Middle French aultre, from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe — to live.
altă (Romanian): feminine singular of alt
Ancestry of “altă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | alt | other |
| 2 | Ido | altru | another person, someone else |
| 3 | Ido | altra | other, another |
| 4 | French | autre | other; another |
| 5 | Middle French | aultre | other; another; someone else; another person |
| 6 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 7 | Old French | vie | life |
| 8 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 9 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 10 | Latin | vīta | — |
| 11 | Latin | vīvō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |