altar (table or similar structure used for religious rites)
çekim: çoğul Altäre · tamlayan Altares
köken: From Middle High German alter, altære, from Old High German altāri, from Proto-West Germanic *altārī (“altar”), borrowed from Latin altāre. The form was readapted to the Latin source, partly to avoid homophony with Alter (“age”). Compare also Dutch altaar alongside archaic outer.
köken: Inherited from Old French autel, from a change of suffix from earlier alter, borrowed from Latin altāre (mostly attested in the plural form altāria).
altar (flat-topped structure used for religious rites) · communion table · chancel
çekim: çoğul altare · tamlayan altarului
köken: Inherited from Latin altārium or altār, with the plural deriving from altāria. Compare oltar, a rare and dated variant which derives from the same source via a Slavic intermediary.