Where does “ôte” come from?
ôte (Walloon) comes from Old French autre, from Old French vie, from Old French viḍe, from Latin vitam, from Latin vīta, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti — to live.
ôte (Walloon): other
Ancestry of “ôte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | autre | Alternative form of altre; other |
| 2 | Old French | vie | life |
| 3 | Old French | viḍe | — |
| 4 | Latin | vitam | accusative singular of vīta |
| 5 | Latin | vīta | — |
| 6 | Latin | vīvō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gʷīwō | live, be alive |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷíh₃weti | to live, to be alive |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷih₃wós | alive, living |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷeih₃w- | to live |