altern
[
awl
-tern,
al
-]
/ˈɔl tərn, ˈæl-/
adjective
,
Archaic.
1.
alternate; following one another.
Origin
1635-45;
<
Latin
altern
(
us
) interchangeable, alternating, equivalent to
alter
the other (see
alter
) +
-nus
adj. suffix