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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English alteren, [[bor|fro|altérer|t=to change]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Medieval and Late Latin alterāre, to change, from Latin [[m|la|alter|t=the other of two]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) which is from PIE *al-, beyond (as in [[else]] and alias), with the contrastive suffix -ter, as in [[other]] and [[whether]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
+ It is [[inh|enm|alteren]], [[bor|fro|altérer|t=to change]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Medieval and [[la-lat|alterāre]], to change, from Latin [[m|la|alter|t=the other of two]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) which is from [[ine-pro|*al-]], beyond (as in [[else]] and alias), with the contrastive suffix -ter, as in [[other]] and [[whether]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)
==Earliest recorded meaning==