The story
- Latin · derived fromalternō“to take turns”
- Latin · borrowed fromalternātus
- English todayalternate
Borrowed from Latin alternātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin alternō (“to take turns”) (see -ate (1,2 and 3)), from alternus (“one after another, by turns”), from alter (“other”) + -nus. Doublet of altern; see also alter.
Words from the same roots
Latinalternō all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.