Where does “laolăltuță” come from?
laolăltuță (Romanian) comes from Romanian laolaltă, from Romanian altă, from Romanian alt, from Ido altru, from Ido altra, from French autre, from Middle French aultre, from Old French autre — to live.
Ancestry of “laolăltuță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | laolaltă | together |
| 2 | Romanian | altă | feminine singular of alt |
| 3 | Romanian | alt | other |
| 4 | Ido | altru | another person, someone else |
| 5 | Ido | altra | other, another |
| 6 | French | autre | other; another |
| 7 | Middle French | aultre | other; another; someone else; another person |
| 8 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 9 | Old French | vie | life |
| 10 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 11 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 12 | Latin | vīta | life |
| 13 | Latin | vīvō | to live |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |