Where does “nonalienable” come from?
nonalienable (English) comes from English alienable, 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 — to grow, nourish.
Ancestry of “nonalienable”, step by step
nonalienable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alienable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alienable | Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred... |
| 2 | English | alien | Any life form of extraterrestrial or... |
| 3 | Middle English | alien | An outsider or foreign person, especially one who... |
| 4 | Old French | alien | alien; foreign; non-native; alien |
| 5 | Latin | aliēnus | Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign |
| 6 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aljos | another |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |