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Where does “alienly” come from?

alienly (English) comes from English alien, from Middle English alien, from Old French alien, from Latin aliēnus, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.

alienly (English): In an alien manner

Definitions

  1. In an alien manner

Ancestry of “alienly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishalienAny life form of extraterrestrial or...
2Middle EnglishalienAn outsider or foreign person, especially one who...
3Old Frenchalienalien; foreign; non-native; alien
4Latinaliēnus—
5Latinaliusother, another, any other; else; different
6Proto-Italicaljos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →