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

otro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vertere

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

via Latin alter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalterthe other, the second; the one...the other
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élterosother , second
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂el-to grow, nourish; beyond, other; to wander, roam

Words derived from “otro

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer-
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