Alt

Morpheme

Alt

Type

free base

Denotation

high, tall, grow, nourish

Etymology

Latin altus, from alere

Evidence

alt, alti, altimeter, altimetre, altimontane, Altiplano, altiscope, altisonant, altitude, altitudinal, altitudinally, altitudinarian, altitudinous, altitudinously, altitudinousness, alto, altocalciphilia, altocumuli, altocumulus, altometer, altophobia, altosomal, altosome, altostrati, altostratus, exalt, exaltation, exaltational, exaltations, exalted, exalting, exaltment, exalts, superexalt, superexaltation

Notes

alt, alto, and old are doublets

See Also

Ale, Altr, Alumn, Old

Homographs

Alt