Where does “laolaltă” come from?

laolaltă (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.

laolaltă (Romanian): together

Definitions

  1. together

Ancestry of “laolaltă”, step by step

laolaltă traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian altă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianaltăfeminine singular of alt
2Romanianaltother
3Idoaltruanother person, someone else
4Idoaltraother, another
5Frenchautreother; another
6Middle Frenchaultreother; another; someone else; another person
7Old FrenchautreAlternative form of altre; other
8Old Frenchvielife
9Old Frenchviḍe
10Latinvitamaccusative singular of vīta
11Latinvītalife
12Latinvīvōto live
13Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
15Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via Romanian O

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RomanianOa/an indefinite article
2Latinūnatogether, simultaneously, at the same time
3Sanskritऊनdeficient, wanting, lacking, less than the right...
4Proto-Indo-IranianHuHnásempty
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁uh₂nós
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

via Romanian la

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianlaat; to, towards; to wash
2Latinlavōto wash, bathe
3Proto-Italiclawaō
4Proto-Indo-Europeanléwh₃eti
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewh₃-to wash

Words derived from “laolaltă

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w-