Words that come from Latin alter

269 words across 43 languages descend from Latin alter — including alternative, alter, alternate, alteration, altering, alternating, alternately, adultery.

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English (60)

Latin (40)

Italian (30)

Spanish (17)

French (14)

Portuguese (13)

Catalan (9)

Old French (9)

Old Irish (5)

Irish (5)

Ido (5)

Norman (5)

German (5)

Middle French (4)

Galician (4)

Dutch (4)

Ladin (4)

Asturian (3)

Hungarian (3)

Romanian (3)

Medieval Latin (3)

Romansch (2)

Scottish Gaelic (2)

Old Occitan (1)

Cebuano (1)

Friulian (1)

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Fala (1)

Sicilian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Ligurian (1)

Danish (1)

Papiamentu (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Walloon (1)

Ladino (1)

Middle English (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Bourguignon (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)

Late Latin (1)