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- Latin · learned borrowing fromalternatio
- English todayalternation
Learned borrowing from Latin alternatio; compare French alternation. By surface analysis, alternate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
alternation
Today it means: The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence Full definition →
Latin alternatio