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Where does “alt” come from?

alt (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آلت, from Romanian ăl, from Latin illum, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.

alt (Turkish): bottom; under

Definitions

  1. bottom; under

Ancestry of “alt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishآلتtool, instrument, apparatus; penis
2Romanianălthat; the
3Latinillumaccusative masculine singular of ille
4Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
5LatinolleArchaic form of ille
6Proto-Italic*olnos—

Words derived from “alt”

  • denizaltı
  • altsız
  • alta
  • altdil
Every word from Proto-Italic *olnos →