köken: Learned borrowing from Latin altus, ultimately of Proto-Indo-European origin. The form alto represents a pronunciation influenced by the most learned layers of the language, and is not the normal phonetic result expected in a naturally inherited word. Cf. the now archaic form oto, which was used more often in Old Spanish and is the form of the word that was completely popularly inherited,…
aile: Alta Austria, Alta California, alta costura, alta danza, Alta Edad Media, alta fidelidad, alta gama, alta mar, alta montaña, alta tecnología