other
Meaning
-
- See other (determiner) below.
- Second.
- Alien.
- Different.
- (obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
Synonyms
the others
one more
another one
𐐲𐑄𐐲𐑉
other one
other people
not very good
other ones
different thing
other party
the other one
other person
differ-ent
remaining one of the two
plant trees
etc. Et-cetera
some others
be different
rest of
some other
Frequency
Hyphenated as
oth‧er
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʌðə/
Etymology
From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second”), from Proto-West Germanic *ą̄þar, *anþar, from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros (“other”). Cognate with Scots uther, ither (“other”), Old Frisian ōther, ("other"; > North Frisian üđer, ööder, ouder), Old Saxon ōthar (“other”), Old High German ander (“other”), Old Norse annarr, ǫðr-, aðr- (“other, second”), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other”), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second”), Lithuanian antroks (“other”, pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second”), Macedonian втор (vtor, "second"), Albanian ndërroj (“to change, switch, alternate”), Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “different”) French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates.
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