Where does “alienating” come from?
Alienating derives from Middle English alienat, from Latin alienatus (past participle of alieno, meaning "to make other or strange"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos meaning "other."
alienating (English): Tending to alienate; present participle of...
Definitions
- Tending to alienate; present participle of...
Ancestry of “alienating”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alienate | Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | alienat | Mad, insane or crazed; showing lack or loss of... |
| 3 | French | aliéné | past participle of aliéner; One who is insane,... |
| 4 | Latin | aliēnātus | alienated |
| 5 | Latin | aliēnō | to change the nature of a person or thing into something else |
| 6 | Latin | aliēnus | Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign |
| 7 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | aljos | another |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |