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Posted by Johannes on 5 August 2008
Etymology of alter
Alter is related to the greek allos [other] and allotterοs (αλλότερρος,αλλότριος), [foreign, different, one as different from another]
From the same root: alternative, alternate, altruism, alteration, alternately, alternation, alter ego, alterable.
In modern Greek
a) Allos: other, different [άλλος]
b) Allotriono: alienate, estrange [αλλωτριώνω]
Το alter σχετίζεται με τό άλλος και το αλλότερος (αλλότριος).
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