Other Definition
Apart from; in the phrase "other than".
(obsolete) Or.
- above all others
- a person, group, or entity perceived as being the opposite of or alien to oneself or one's group
- on a recent day (or night, afternoon, etc.)
- some unspecified or unknown way (or place, time, thing, etc.)
somehow or other, we'll raise the money
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Other
- of all others
- the Other
- the other day (or night, afternoon, etc.)
- somehow or other
Origin of Other
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From Middle English other, from Old English ōþer (“other, second"), from Proto-Germanic *anþeraz (“other, second"), from Proto-Indo-European *ánteros (“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, øðr-, aðr- (“other, second"), Gothic 𐌰𐌽𐌸𐌰𐍂 (anþar, “other"), Old Prussian anters, antars (“other, second"), Lithuanian antroks (“other", pronoun), Latvian otrs, otrais (“second"), Russian второй (vtoroy, “second"), Albanian ndërroj (“to change, switch, alternate"), Sanskrit अन्तर (ántara, “different"), Sanskrit अन्य (anyá, “other, different").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English ōther al-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Probably Old English oþþe.
From Wiktionary
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