other

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Not the same as the one already mentioned; different.

   Do you have this shirt in any other colour?

2. 2
   det

   Being the remaining one or ones of a set; not this one.

   One twin lives here and the other lives in Spain.

3. 3
   noun

   A different person or thing from the one mentioned.

   He always thinks of others before himself.

4. 4
   adj

   Every second one in a regular pattern.

   I go to the gym every other day.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en 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 anne…

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