Etymology

alternativity

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Today it means: A characteristic of something having alternative connotations, akin to the representation of choice between two or more possibilities. Full definition →

English alternative ← Middle French alternatif ← Latin alternātīvus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
  3. Proto-Italic*aljos
  4. Proto-Italic*aliteros
  5. Latinalter
  6. Latinalternus
  7. Latinalternō
  8. Latinalternātus
  9. Latinalternātīvus
  10. Middle Frenchalternatif
  11. Englishalternative
  12. English todayalternativity

From alternative + -ity.

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