Where does “étrangement” come from?
étrangement (French) comes from French étrange, from Middle French estrange, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus, from Latin -āneus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.
étrangement (French): strangely
Ancestry of “étrangement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | étrange | strange; foreign |
| 2 | Middle French | estrange | strange; odd; bizarre; foreign |
| 3 | Old French | estrange | foreign; overseas; foreigner; non-native |
| 4 | Latin | extrāneus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -āneus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |