Pronounced: uk-SORE-ee-uhl, adj
Notes: I knew a little of this word
Yesterday’s word
The word alterity is “otherness; the state of quality of being other or different”
First usage
Our word came into English in the early 1500s
Background / Comments
Our word has bounced around through many languages; it came into English from the French word altérité, which came from the Latin word alteritas (otherness), which came from alter (other), which came from the Greek word heteros (other).
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