alterer

See also: altérer and älterer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English alter

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āsjos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English alterer

From alter + -er.

Noun

alterer (plural alterers)

1. One who alters.

Translations

one who alters

• Portuguese: alterador m

See also

• altarer

Anagrams

• alerter, realter, relater

Latin

Verb

alterer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of alterō

Middle French

Verb

alterer

1. to alter

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of alterer

infinitive	simple	alterer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	alterant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		alteré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	altere	alteres	altere	alterons	alterez	alterent
	imperfect	alterois, alteroys	alterois, alteroys	alteroit, alteroyt	alterions, alteryons	alteriez, alteryez	alteroient, alteroyent
	past historic	altera	alteras	altera	alterasmes	alterastes	altererent
	future	altererai, altereray	altereras	alterera	altererons	altererez	altereront
	conditional	altererois, altereroys	altererois, altereroys	altereroit, altereroyt	altererions, altereryons	altereriez, altereryez	altereroient, altereroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	altere	alteres	altere	alterons	alterez	alterent
	imperfect	alterasse	alterasses	alterast	alterassions	alterassiez	alterassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	altere	—	alterons	alterez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).