ôtrament

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

otremè (Beaujolais) ôtramè, ôtreman, ôtremin (Bressan) ôtraman, etreman (Bressan) 'tramè, 'tremè (Bressan) autramen (Old Fribourgeois) ôtramin (Fribourgeois) aôtramont (Forézien) attraman (Genevois) âtramên, âtramê (Savoyard) atramin (Valaisan) aultrament (Old Vaudois) ôtramin (Vaudois)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin alterā mente. Derivable from ôtra (“other”) +‎ -ment (adverbial suffix).

Adverb

ôtrament (ORB, broad)

1. otherwise

References

• autrement in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• ôtrament in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “alter”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 355