Where does “altădată” come from?
altădată (Romanian) comes from Romanian altă, from Romanian alt, from Ido altru, from Ido altra, from French autre, from Middle French aultre, from Old French autre, from Old French vie — to live.
altădată (Romanian): another time, some time else
Definitions
- another time, some time else
Ancestry of “altădată”, step by step
altădată traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian altă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | altă | feminine singular of alt |
| 2 | Romanian | alt | other |
| 3 | Ido | altru | another person, someone else |
| 4 | Ido | altra | other, another |
| 5 | French | autre | other; another |
| 6 | Middle French | aultre | other; another; someone else; another person |
| 7 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 8 | Old French | vie | life |
| 9 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 10 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 11 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 12 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |
via Romanian dată
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | dată | an instance, occasion, time; destiny, fate; a... |
| 2 | French | date | date point in time |
| 3 | English | date | The fruit of the date palm, "Phoenix... |
| 4 | Middle English | date | — |
| 5 | Old French | date | date point in time |
| 6 | Latin | data | nominative feminine singular of datus; nominative... |
| 7 | Latin | datum | gift, present; accusative supine of dō;... |
| 8 | Latin | datus | given; offered; yielded |
| 9 | Latin | dāre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | didō | give |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dédeh₃ti | to be giving |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₃- | to give |