Where does “inalienably” come from?
inalienably (English) comes from English inalienable, from French inaliénable, from French aliénable, from French aliéner, from Latin aliēnō, from Latin aliēnus, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos — to grow, nourish.
inalienably (English): In an inalienable manner
Definitions
- In an inalienable manner
Ancestry of “inalienably”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | inalienable | Incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or... |
| 2 | French | inaliénable | inalienable |
| 3 | French | aliénable | alienable |
| 4 | French | aliéner | to alienate |
| 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 |