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alter
late 14c., "to change (something)," from O.Fr.
alterer
, from M.L.
alterare
"to change," from L.
alter
"the other (of the two)," from PIE
*al-
"beyond" + comp. suffix
-ter
(cf.
other
). Intransitive sense "to become otherwise" first recorded 1580s.
