Where does “estranger” come from?
estranger (Middle French) comes from Old French estrangier, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus, from Latin -āneus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.
estranger (Middle French): foreign; not one's own; foreigner
Definitions
- foreign; not one's own; foreigner
Ancestry of “estranger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | estrangier | foreigner |
| 2 | Old French | estrange | foreign; overseas; foreigner; non-native |
| 3 | Latin | extrāneus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -āneus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |
Words derived from “estranger”