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Where does “alieni” come from?

alieni (Finnish) 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-.

alieni (Finnish): alien, extraterrestrial

Definitions

  1. alien, extraterrestrial

Ancestry of “alieni”, 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-—
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