word-forming element meaning "high," sometimes also alto- (in cloud names, etc.), from Latin altus "high," literally "grown tall," from PIE root *al- (2) "to grow, nourish."
alternating
alternation
alternative
alternator
although
alti-
altimeter
altimetry
altitude
alto
altogether
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