Latin word alienus comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (Other, another.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*h₂el- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*h₂élyos | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | Other, another. |
*aljos | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | |
alius | Latin (lat) | Else. Other, another. |
alienus | Latin (lat) | (of the body) dead; corrupted; paralyzed. (of the mind) insane, mad. Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign. Unfamiliar with something or a stranger to something. Unfriendly, inimical, hostile, suspicious. Unsuitable, incongruous, inconsistent. |