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Where does “otro” come from?

otro (Spanish) comes from Latin vertere, from Latin verto, from Proto-Italic wertō, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

otro (Spanish): other, another; "Not again!" or "What, again?";...

Definitions

  1. other, another; "Not again!" or "What, again?";...

Ancestry of “otro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvertereinflection of vertō: ## third-person plural...
2LatinvertoI turn, revolve; I turn around; I reverse
3Proto-Italicwertō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “otro”

  • otredad
  • vosotras
  • nosotras
  • otras
  • otro
  • otro
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