Etymology

altruize

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Today it means: To make altruistic. Full definition →

English altruism ← French altruisme ← Old French autrui
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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. Latinalterī
  6. Vulgar Latin*alterui
  7. Old Frenchautrui
  8. Frenchautrui
  9. Frenchaltruisme
  10. Englishaltruism
  11. English todayaltruize

From altruism + -ize.

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