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English word adultery comes from Latin alter (The one...the other (alter...alter). The other, the second.)

alter (Latin)

The one...the other (alter...alter). The other, the second.

adulter (Latin)

(by extension) counterfeit, false. Adulterous, unchaste Adulterer or adulteress, paramour.

adulterium (Latin)

Adulteration, contamination. Adultery.

adultere (Old French)

adultery (English)

(Bible) Faithlessness in religion.. (Bible) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.. (Political economy) Adulteration; corruption.. (ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.. (obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.. (obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.. [...]

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