Where does “ajenidad” come from?
ajenidad (Spanish) comes from Spanish ajeno, from Old Spanish ageno, from Latin aliēnus, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.
ajenidad (Spanish): foreignness
Definitions
- foreignness
Ancestry of “ajenidad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | ajeno | of others, belonging to someone else; distant,... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | ageno | — |
| 3 | Latin | aliēnus | Of that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign |
| 4 | Latin | alius | other, another, any other; else; different |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | aljos | another |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂élyos | other, another |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |