Meaning

  1. old
  2. ancient
  3. elderly (inflected in the comparative)

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/alt/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German alt, from Old High German alt, from Proto-West Germanic *ald, from Proto-Germanic *aldaz, from Proto-Indo-European *altós, *h₂eltós, from *h₂el- (“grow, nourish”). Compare Dutch oud, Low German old, West Frisian âld, English old. Doublet of Alt, a loanword from Italian.

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