Where does “alieni” come from?
alieni (Italian) comes from Italian alieno, from Latin aliēnus, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
alieni (Italian): masculine plural of alieno; plural of alieno
Definitions
- masculine plural of alieno; plural of alieno
Ancestry of “alieni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | alieno | averse; unwilling; alien |
| 2 | Latin | aliēnus | — |
| 3 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | aljos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |