Where does “aljenista” come from?
aljenista (Maltese) comes from Italian alienista, from French aliéniste, from French aliéné, from Latin aliēnātus, from Latin aliēnō, from Latin aliēnus, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos — to grow, nourish.
aljenista (Maltese): psychiatrist, alienist
Definitions
- psychiatrist, alienist
Ancestry of “aljenista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | alienista | psychiatrist, alienist |
| 2 | French | aliéniste | alienist |
| 3 | French | aliéné | past participle of aliéner; One who is insane,... |
| 4 | Latin | aliēnātus | alienated |
| 5 | Latin | aliēnō | to change the nature of a person or thing into something else |
| 6 | Latin | aliēnus | Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign |
| 7 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | aljos | another |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |