ALTERUM → otro · autre · altro
Spanish, French and Portuguese turned l into u; Spanish and French then fused au into o, while Portuguese stopped at ou. French still writes the stage it passed through (autre), Spanish does not (otro), and Italian, Romanian and Catalan never left (altro, alt, altre).
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ALTERUM
‘other’
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Classical Latin accusative
Spanish, French and Portuguese turned l into u; Spanish and French then fused au into o, while Portuguese stopped at ou. French still writes the stage it passed through (autre), Spanish does not (otro), and Italian, Romanian and Catalan never left (altro, alt, altre).
Forms are written in IPA, the International Phonetic Alphabet: one symbol, one sound. Stressed syllables carry ˈ. Dates are approximate and given only where the handbooks agree. 24 word journeys.