Where does “strange” come from?
Strange comes from Middle English strange, from Old French estrange, from Latin extraneus meaning "foreign," derived from Latin extra meaning "outside" plus the suffix -anus.
strange (English): Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the...
Definitions
- Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the...
Ancestry of “strange”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | extrāneus | — |
| 2 | Latin | -āneus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |
Words derived from “strange”