else
Ancient Greek
/ɛls/, /ɛlts/
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Definitions
- (postpositive) Other; in addition to previously mentioned items.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English ells inherited from Old English elles (other, else, otherwise, different) inherited from *alljas inherited from Proto-Germanic *aljas (of something else, of another) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (other, out of a group of more than two).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂élyos
Gloss
other, out of a group of more than two
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Other
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allelomorph English
- allo- English
- allochthonous English
- allodoxaphobia English
- allotrope English
- alieniloquium Latin
- alietas Latin
- aliqui Latin
- aliquis Latin
- aliquot Latin
- alius Latin
- aliēnus Latin
- aliēnō, aliēnāre Latin
- allergia Latin
- Allergie German
- Allopathie German
- allochtone French
- allotrope French
- аллотро́пия Russian
- alius Ancient Greek
- ἀλλά Ancient Greek
- ἀλλαγή Ancient Greek
- ἀλληγορία Ancient Greek
- ἀλλοῖος Ancient Greek
- ἀλλότρια Ancient Greek
- ἀλλόφυλος Ancient Greek
- ἄλλοθεν Ancient Greek
- ἄλλοθι Ancient Greek
- ἄλλος Ancient Greek
- ἄλλως Ancient Greek
- *h₂élyos Proto-Indo-European
- *ályos Proto-Indo-European
- alóctone Portuguese
- *ali- Proto-Germanic
- *aljas Proto-Germanic
- *aljaz Proto-Germanic
- el- Old English
- elles Old English
- ells Middle English
- alla- Irish
- ella, ellar Old Norse
- allegori Danish
- eller Danish
- άλλος Greek (modern)
- alo- Indonesian
- այլ Old Armenian
- алергия Bulgarian
- 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌸 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍉 Gothic
- 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- *alljas gmw-pro
- *alyos Proto-Celtic
- eli- Old Saxon
- ællæghis Old Swedish
- ἀλλοῦ gkm
- *áľľos Proto-Hellenic
- *ālye- Proto-Tocharian