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other in Etymonline

• O.E. oþer "the second, one of the two, other,"
  from P.Gmc. antharaz (cf. O.S. athar, O.N.
  annarr, Ger. ander, Goth. anþar "other"), from
  PIE an-tero-, variant of al-tero- "the other of
  two" (cf. Lith. antras, Skt. antarah "other,
  foreign," L. alter)
• Question from Harpa Björk Birgisdóttir
• From this information, can one without much
  hesitation, assume that this word is from
  Original OE, descended from Primitive Germanic?
  Why not from O.N. or Ger. which is included in
  the brackets? Is it because O.E. from P.Gmc. is
  mentioned first?

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other in Etymonline

• O.E. oþer "the second, one of the two, other,"
  from P.Gmc. antharaz (cf. O.S. athar, O.N.
  annarr, Ger. ander, Goth. anþar "other"), from
  PIE an-tero-, variant of al-tero- "the other of
  two" (cf. Lith. antras, Skt. antarah "other,
  foreign," L. alter)

Latin confer compare
What does the asterisk mean?
P.Gmc. antharaz
O.S. athar
O.N. annarr
Ger ander
Goth. anþar
O.E. oþer
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other in Etymonline

• O.E. oþer "the second, one of the two, other,"
  from P.Gmc. antharaz (cf. O.S. athar, O.N.
  annarr, Ger. ander, Goth. anþar "other"), from
  PIE an-tero-, variant of al-tero- "the other of
  two" (cf. Lith. antras, Skt. antarah "other,
  foreign," L. alter)

PIE an-tero-
P.Gmc. antharaz
Lith. antras
Skt. antarah
L. alter
O.S. athar
O.N. annarr
Ger ander
Goth. anþar
O.E. oþer
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other in Etymonline

• O.E. oþer "the second, one of the two, other,"
  from P.Gmc. antharaz (cf. O.S. athar, O.N.
  annarr, Ger. ander, Goth. anþar "other"), from
  PIE an-tero-, variant of al-tero- "the other of
  two" (cf. Lith. antras, Skt. antarah "other,
  foreign," L. alter)

Latin confer compare
Latin abbreviations in English e.g. exempli
gratia for example i.e. id est that
is cf. confer compare etc. et cetera and
the rest
f.ex.
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• I was wondering about a word that I have in my
  text and how I should mark it down in the
  Etymology codes. The word is Tissue, and in the
  text they are talking about "cancerous tissue".
  The word has a few meanings and I was wondering
  if I should put down the first appearance of the
  word Tissue, when it ment "a band or belt of rich
  material", or whether I should use it's first
  appearance as a biological term which came a few
  centuries later

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• I am using the online Etymology dictionary. I
  have a few words where it isgt stated that it
  came from the french word ... and the latin word
  ...gtgt examplegtgt Claim.gtgt c.1300, from
  O.Fr. clamer "to call, claim," from L. clamare
  "to cry out, shout,"gtgt so is it a french word
  because it is a latin word?

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FinallyEARLIEST FORM

• Words often change their meanings. Take the
  earliest occurrence, even if the meaning has
  changed.
• When a word enters the language, it may first
  occur as a verb (e.g. balance) and later as a
  noun. Whether it is a noun or a verb in your
  text, take the earlier occurrence