Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To change the form or structure of. · To become different. · To tailor clothes to make them fit. · To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterāre (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.
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- Root classification mention*h₂el- (other)ine-pro
- Derivation mentionaltererfro
- Cognate mentionaltérerfr
- Derivation mentionalterla
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