Added 9 October 2026
alter
/ˈɒl.tə/ verb
Latin root: alterāre Wiktionary
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noun
- One of the personalities, identities, or selves in a person with dissociative identity disorder or another form of multiplicity.
noun
- Misspelling of altar.
Origin
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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