Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros
Proto-Germanic *anþeraz
Proto-West Germanic *anþar
Old English ōþer
Middle English other
English other
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 ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), 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; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”).
French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior.
Meanings
(not-comparable) See other (determiner) below.
Pick up the phone and find out who's on the other end.
(not-comparable) Second.
I get paid every other week.
(formal, not-comparable) Alien.
In Matthew's account, the law remains intact, as does virtually everything except that critical belief in Jesus as the Messiah (obviously no small thing), and this is not enough to make Matthew completely other from its Jewish origins. 2010 April 20, anonymous author, “Letters”, in Christian Century, volume 127, number 8, page 6:
(not-comparable, qualifier:formal or puristic) Different.
it is inherent, rather, in the revolutionary attempt of the West to externalize the idea of a source of meaning wholly other than what is embodied in human conventions and hierarchies. 2001 Fall, Ralph C. Hancock, “The Modern Revolution and the Collapse of Moral Analogy: Tocqueville and Guizot.”, in Perspectives on Political Science, volume 30, number 4, page 213:
(not-comparable, obsolete) Left, as opposed to right.
A diſtaffe in her other hand ſhe had, / Vpon the which ſhe litle ſpinnes, but ſpils, / And faynes to weaue falſe tales and leaſings bad, / To throw amongſt the good, which others had diſprad. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 36, page 351:
io altra (not the one previously referred to) · bg друг (not the one previously referred to) · hi और (not the one previously referred to) · pa ਦੂਜੀ (not the one previously referred to) · ka სხვა (not the one previously referred to) · nv ałʼąą (not the one previously referred to) · sl drugi (not the one previously referred to) · cy arall (not the one previously referred to) · eo alia (not the one previously referred to) · ruq altu (not the one previously referred to) · lo ອື່ນໆ (not the one previously referred to) · wa ôte (not the one previously referred to) · vec altro (not the one previously referred to) · jv séjé (not the one previously referred to) · be і́ншы (not the one previously referred to) · da andre (not the one previously referred to) · la alter (not the one previously referred to) · ba икенсе (not the one previously referred to) · fi muu (contrary to) · sco ither (not the one previously referred to) · tr karşın (contrary to) · ln -susu (not the one previously referred to) · ka მეორე (not the one previously referred to) · ar آخَر (not the one previously referred to) · rm auter (not the one previously referred to) · myv лия (not the one previously referred to) · kmr dîtir (not the one previously referred to) · sa अन्य॑ (not the one previously referred to) · mnc ᡤᡡᠸᠠ (not the one previously referred to) · ps بل (not the one previously referred to) · pa ਦੂਜੇ (not the one previously referred to) · no annen (not the one previously referred to) · crh başqa (not the one previously referred to) · ia altere (not the one previously referred to) · be дру́гі (not the one previously referred to) · sk druhý (not the one previously referred to) · pa ਹੋਰ (not the one previously referred to) · hy մյուս (not the one previously referred to) · id lain (not the one previously referred to) · tet seluk (not the one previously referred to) · tr öbür (not the one previously referred to) · txb allek (not the one previously referred to) · mn бусад (not the one previously referred to) · vi khác (not the one previously referred to) · mdf лия (not the one previously referred to) · hi अलग (not the one previously referred to) · sh дру̏гӣ (not the one previously referred to) · lv cits (not the one previously referred to) · uz boshqa (not the one previously referred to) · hi दूजी (not the one previously referred to) · fur altri (not the one previously referred to) · rm oter (not the one previously referred to) · ga eile (not the one previously referred to) · pt outro (not the one previously referred to) · es otro (not the one previously referred to) · ur دیگر (not the one previously referred to) · nrf aoute (not the one previously referred to) · lld auter (not the one previously referred to) · gld гой (not the one previously referred to) · uk і́нший (not the one previously referred to) · as আন (not the one previously referred to) · vec auter (not the one previously referred to) · cs jiný (contrary to) · lo ອື່ນ (not the one previously referred to) · cs jiný (not the one previously referred to) · as বেলেগ (not the one previously referred to) · sga aile (not the one previously referred to) · pap otro (not the one previously referred to) · th อื่น ๆ (not the one previously referred to) · zea aor (not the one previously referred to) · de andere (not the one previously referred to) · bn অন্যান্য (not the one previously referred to) · tg дигар (not the one previously referred to) · az başqa (not the one previously referred to) · fa دیگر (not the one previously referred to) · hi दीगर (not the one previously referred to) · dlm jultro (not the one previously referred to) · cs druhý (not the one previously referred to) · it altro (not the one previously referred to) · alt башка (not the one previously referred to) · os иннӕ (not the one previously referred to) · an atro (not the one previously referred to) · my အခြား (not the one previously referred to) · br all (not the one previously referred to) · kaw bheda (not the one previously referred to) · ja 他の (not the one previously referred to) · hi अन्य (not the one previously referred to) · grc ἄλλος (not the one previously referred to) · gd eile (not the one previously referred to) · ur دوسرا (not the one previously referred to) · sw ingine (not the one previously referred to) · cmn 別的 /别的 (not the one previously referred to) · hi दूसरा (not the one previously referred to) · ca altre (not the one previously referred to) · ngh ǂâa (not the one previously referred to) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (not the one previously referred to) · de sonstig (not the one previously referred to) · hy ուրիշ (not the one previously referred to) · sah атын (not the one previously referred to) · la alius (not the one previously referred to) · is annar (not the one previously referred to) · rup altu (not the one previously referred to) · sh drȕgī (not the one previously referred to) · fr autre (not the one previously referred to) · yai ани (not the one previously referred to) · hi बिलग (not the one previously referred to) · ja 他の (contrary to) · tr diğer (not the one previously referred to) · nl ander (not the one previously referred to) · bni -siso (not the one previously referred to) · hu másmilyen (contrary to) · hi विलग (not the one previously referred to) · ko 다른 (not the one previously referred to) · ccc pajna (not the one previously referred to) · sc àteru (not the one previously referred to) · cmn 其他的 (not the one previously referred to) · oc autre (not the one previously referred to) · atv пашка (not the one previously referred to) · kmr din (not the one previously referred to) · frr üđer (not the one previously referred to) · kw aral (not the one previously referred to) · vec antro (not the one previously referred to) · el άλλος (not the one previously referred to) · gd eile (contrary to) · hy այլ (not the one previously referred to) · cs ostatní (not the one previously referred to) · ttj -ndi (not the one previously referred to) · az o biri (not the one previously referred to) · cs druhý (contrary to) · got 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (not the one previously referred to) · tr başka (not the one previously referred to) · msk lain (not the one previously referred to) · pms àutr (not the one previously referred to) · alt ӧскӧ (not the one previously referred to) · he אַחֵר (not the one previously referred to) · hu másik (not the one previously referred to) · ru ино́й (not the one previously referred to) · nap ato (not the one previously referred to) · ln mosúsu (not the one previously referred to) · hu más (not the one previously referred to) · pl inny (not the one previously referred to) · mn өөр (not the one previously referred to) · fi toinen (not the one previously referred to) · sq tjetër (not the one previously referred to) · fi muu (not the one previously referred to) · no andre (not the one previously referred to) · th อื่น (not the one previously referred to) · scn àutru (not the one previously referred to) · ta வேறு (not the one previously referred to) · zea ander (not the one previously referred to) · ja 別の (contrary to) · hi दूजा (not the one previously referred to) · grc ἕτερος (not the one previously referred to) · yi אַנדער (not the one previously referred to) · sv annan (not the one previously referred to) · hi दिगर (not the one previously referred to) · evn ге (not the one previously referred to) · os ӕндӕр (not the one previously referred to) · hu más (contrary to) · haw kekahi (not the one previously referred to) · ba башҡа (not the one previously referred to) · mk друг (not the one previously referred to) · gl outro (not the one previously referred to) · mt ieħor (not the one previously referred to) · ro alt (not the one previously referred to) · kmr dî (not the one previously referred to) · th ต่าง (not the one previously referred to) · lmo alter (not the one previously referred to) · ar أُخْرَى (not the one previously referred to) · gl outra (not the one previously referred to) · ba бүтән (not the one previously referred to) · jv liya (not the one previously referred to) · az digər (not the one previously referred to) · ja 別の (not the one previously referred to) · te వేరే (not the one previously referred to) · ru друго́й (not the one previously referred to) · fy oar (not the one previously referred to) · de anders (contrary to) · dsb drugi (not the one previously referred to) · atv ӧске (not the one previously referred to) · ast otru (not the one previously referred to)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros
Proto-Germanic *anþeraz
Proto-West Germanic *anþar
Old English ōþer
Middle English other
English other
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 ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), 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; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”).
French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior.
Meanings
(not-comparable, obsolete) Otherwise.
Weigh also, the pretty escape of the disguised attempt of the party that seemed to be in so great peril, who can believe other, then that it was a made matter, to continue a belief, whom they think they have inchaunted at their wills. 1655, The Compleat Ambassador or two treatises of the intended marriage of Queen Elizabeth of glorious memory, page 321:
That he knew from Monsieur Meerman, I had been the occasion of giving him any Credit in England of an honest sincere Man, and he would never lose mine upon that occasion by giving the King Cause to believe other of him. 1740, William Temple, Letters written by Sir William Temple, bart., and other ministers of state, both at home and abroad, page 184:
I durst, my lord, to wager she is honest, Lay down my soul at state; if you think other, Remove your thought; c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 331, column 1:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros
Proto-Germanic *anþeraz
Proto-West Germanic *anþar
Old English ōþer
Middle English other
English other
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 ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), 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; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”).
French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior.
Meanings
Not the one or ones previously referred to.
Earning less than $2,000 a month, I have no other source of income except for gifts from relatives.
[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages. 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
“By the way,” Jessamy went on, “what’s your other name? You never told me.” “Stubbs,” said Billy, “William Stubbs!”. 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 98:
“[…] the awfully hearty sort of Christmas cards that people do send to other people that they don't know at all well. You know. The kind that have mottoes like
Here's rattling good luck and roaring good cheer, / With lashings of food and great hogsheads of beer. […]” 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 58:
ja 他の (not the one referred to) · my အခြား (not the one referred to) · hy մյուս (not the one referred to) · cmn 其他 (not the one referred to) · fi toinen (not the one referred to) · hak 其他 (not the one referred to) · nl andere (not the one referred to) · eo alio (not the one referred to) · he אחר (not the one referred to) · sk druhý (not the one referred to) · vo votik (not the one referred to) · nl anderen (not the one referred to) · lv cits (not the one referred to) · da andre (not the one referred to) · eo alia (not the one referred to) · ca un altre (not the one referred to) · grc ἄλλος (not the one referred to) · ia altere (not the one referred to) · es otra (not the one referred to) · pt outro (not the one referred to) · ga eile (not the one referred to) · yue 第二 (not the one referred to) · hy ուրիշ (not the one referred to) · ba башҡа (not the one referred to) · cs druhý (not the one referred to) · az o biri (not the one referred to) · yue 第啲 (not the one referred to) · az digər (not the one referred to) · cmn 別 /别 (not the one referred to) · yue 其他 (not the one referred to) · ar آخَر (not the one referred to) · hak 別 /别 (not the one referred to) · mt ieħor (not the one referred to) · fr autre (not the one referred to) · la alter (not the one referred to) · az özgə (not the one referred to) · grc ἕτερος (not the one referred to) · de andere (not the one referred to) · es otro (not the one referred to) · yue 第 (not the one referred to) · nl ander (not the one referred to) · ba бүтән (not the one referred to) · nan-hbl 別 /别 (not the one referred to) · is annar (not the one referred to) · az başqa (not the one referred to) · got 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (not the one referred to) · ttj -ndi (not the one referred to) · hy այլ (not the one referred to) · la alius (not the one referred to) · ca una altra (not the one referred to) · ja 別の (not the one referred to) · ps نور (not the one referred to) · nan-hbl 其他 (not the one referred to) · ro alt (not the one referred to) · az qeyri (not the one referred to)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros
Proto-Germanic *anþeraz
Proto-West Germanic *anþar
Old English ōþer
Middle English other
English other
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 ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), 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; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”).
French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior.
Meanings
An other, another (person, etc), more often rendered as another.
I'm afraid little Robbie does not always play well with others.
Show me one other.
The other one; the second of two.
Why not tell one or other of your parents?
He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
One boat is not better than the other.
Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it. 1699, William Temple, Heads designed for an essay on conversations:
pt outra (an other one) · es otra (an other one) · gd tèile (an other one) · ba башҡа (an other one) · is annað (an other one) · kmr din (an other one) · fi toinen (an other one) · ja 他 (an other one) · kmr dî (an other one) · eo alia (an other one) · pt outro (an other one) · ja 別 (an other one) · ro altul (an other one) · az başqası (an other one) · ar آخَر (an other one) · ba бүтән (an other one) · ca una altra (an other one) · lv otrs (an other one) · kmr dîtir (an other one) · lv cits (an other one) · is annar (an other one) · es otro (an other one) · gd fear eile (an other one) · eo alio (an other one) · ps بل (an other one) · ro alta (an other one) · no andre (an other one) · de andere (an other one) · da andre (an other one) · ca un altre (an other one) · is önnur (an other one)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *-teros
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros
Proto-Germanic *anþeraz
Proto-West Germanic *anþar
Old English ōþer
Middle English other
English other
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 ouder, öler, üđer, Saterland Frisian uur, West Frisian oar), Old Saxon ōthar, ("other"; > Low German anner), Old Dutch āthar, ("other"; > Afrikaans ander, Dutch ander), Old High German andar, ("other"; > Cimbrian andar, German ander, anderer, Luxembourgish aner, Mòcheno ònder, Yiddish אַנדער (ander)), Old Norse annarr, ("other"; > Danish anden, Faroese annar, Icelandic annar, Jamtish æðnen, ænnen, Norwegian Bokmål annen, Norwegian Nynorsk annan, Swedish annan), 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; to switch; to alternate”), Sanskrit अन्त॑र (ántara, “different”).
French autre, Spanish otro, Portuguese outro, etc., all from Latin alter, are false cognates. A true cognate would be Latin anterior.
Meanings
(transitive) To regard, label, or treat as an “other”, as not part of the same group; to view as different and alien.
Others with admitted addictions are Othered and sadly, forever stigmatized. 2010, Ronald L. Jackson, I, Encyclopedia of Identity:
“You’re coming here and you’re expecting that everybody’s Black, so I’m going to be OK,” Ms. Davis said. “But then you get here and then you’re being ‘othered’” — viewed as different and separate. 2024 February 16, Colette Coleman, “Blaxit: Tired of Racism, Black Americans Try Life in Africa”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
That is, whilst Lesfest organisers are othering women who are not born female (thus producing a kind of lesbian-normativity), the Australian WOMAN Network is othering women who have not had surgical sex reassignment (thus producing a kind of "trans-normativity"). 2006, Angela Pattatucci Aragon, Challenging lesbian norms:
"Rican" is code for its homonym, "redskin," through which they othered this non-Mexican ethnic group. 2005, Kristen A. Myers, Racetalk: racism hiding in plain sight:
[…] and Black males have not taken her seriously politically (gender); and the color of her skin has marginalized her (race and "othered" her when compared with White women, who have also worked to silence her political views. 2008, John F. Borland, The under-representation of Black females in NCAA Division I women's basketball head coaching positions, University of Connecticut:
(transitive) To treat as different or separate; segregate; ostracise.
In this scenario, the young lady who had spoken had been othered by her peers and her response to my question had been dismissed as invalid despite the fact that she was alright. 2007, Christopher Emdin, City University of New York. Urban Education, Exploring the contexts of urban science classrooms