ᴹQ. alta adj. “large, great in size” (Category: Big, Large, Great)
A word in The Etymologies of the 1930s under the root ᴹ√ÁLAT “large, great in size”, so probably of similar meaning (Ety/ÁLAT). It had a prefixal form alat- as in ᴹQ. Alataire “Great Sea”, a name appearing in The Etymologies and nowhere else.
References ✧ Ety/ÁLAT; EtyAC/ÁLAT
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| alat- | prefix | “large, great in size” | ✧ Ety/ÁLAT |
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| ᴹ√ÁLAT > alta | [alta] | ✧ Ety/ÁLAT |