alto

alto

‘man with an alto voice, high’

Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:

    Ital. alto ‘high’ < Lat. altus ‘high, grown tall’ < al < al- < Tamil al

adolescent

adult

alderman

aliment

alimony

alma

Alma-mater

alt

alti-

altimetry

Alto-rilievo

altimeter

altitude

alto

alumnus

auld

coalesce

elder

eldest

Eldred

enhance

exalt

Haught

haughty

hautboy

hawser

oboe

old

proletarian

proliferation

prolific

abolish

world