αλλιώς

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄλλος, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elios. Cognates include Latin alius, Armenian այլ (ayl), Proto-Celtic *al(i)yo, Gothic 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌹𐍃 (aljis), Old Irish aile, Old English elles (English else), Breton eil, Welsh all-, Cornish yl, Gaulish allos (in La Graufesenque), Proto-Germanic *aljeso (adverbial use of genitive neuter form of Proto-Germanic *aljo-), Swedish eljest, Danish ellers, Norwegian ellers.

Adverb

αλλιώς (alliós)

  1. otherwise; else; differently

Synonyms

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