Meaning

adjective not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied; - the White Queen

adjective recently past

adjective belonging to the distant past

originEtymology 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…

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