Where does “alternativa” come from?
alternativa (Spanish) comes from Spanish alternativo, from French alternatif, from Latin alternativus, from Latin alternātus, from Latin alternō, from Latin alternus, from Latin alter, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élteros — to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam.
alternativa (Spanish): feminine singular of alternativo; alternative,...
Definitions
- feminine singular of alternativo; alternative,...
Ancestry of “alternativa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | alternativo | alternative |
| 2 | French | alternatif | alternating; alternative |
| 3 | Latin | alternativus | alternating |
| 4 | Latin | alternātus | — |
| 5 | Latin | alternō | — |
| 6 | Latin | alternus | alternate , successive; interchangeable; mutual,... |
| 7 | Latin | alter | the other, the second; the one...the other |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élteros | other , second |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂el- | to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam |