Where does “nonalienating” come from?
nonalienating (English) comes from English alienating, from English alienate, from Middle English alienat, from French aliéné, from Latin aliēnātus, from Latin aliēnō, from Latin aliēnus, from Latin alius — to grow, nourish.
nonalienating (English): Not alienating
Definitions
- Not alienating
Ancestry of “nonalienating”, step by step
nonalienating traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English alienating
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | alienating | Tending to alienate; present participle of... |
| 2 | English | alienate | Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; A... |
| 3 | Middle English | alienat | Mad, insane or crazed; showing lack or loss of... |
| 4 | French | aliéné | past participle of aliéner; One who is insane,... |
| 5 | Latin | aliēnātus | alienated |
| 6 | Latin | aliēnō | to change the nature of a person or thing into something else |
| 7 | Latin | aliēnus | Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign |
| 8 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | aljos | another |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |