Words that come from Latin alter

400 words across 46 languages descend from Latin alter — including other, pure, alternative, purely, alter, purity, alternate, alteration.

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English (164)

Latin (38)

Italian (33)

French (26)

Spanish (17)

Portuguese (14)

Catalan (11)

Esperanto (8)

Old French (7)

Hungarian (6)

Middle French (5)

Galician (5)

Dutch (5)

Ido (5)

Norman (5)

German (5)

Irish (4)

Ladin (4)

Romanian (4)

Asturian (3)

Old Irish (3)

Japanese (2)

Papiamentu (2)

Romansch (2)

Old Occitan (1)

Nigerian Pidgin (1)

Aukan (1)

Cebuano (1)

Friulian (1)

Chinese (1)

Aromanian (1)

Fala (1)

Sicilian (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Tagalog (1)

Russian (1)

Greek (1)

Korean (1)

Ligurian (1)

Swedish (1)

Tarantino (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Middle English (1)

Words from Latin alter — 400 descendants | Etymology Explorer