Where does “ajeno” come from?

ajeno (Spanish) comes 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.

ajeno (Spanish): of others, belonging to someone else; distant,...

Definitions

  1. of others, belonging to someone else; distant,...

Ancestry of “ajeno”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishageno
2LatinaliēnusOf that which belongs to another person, place, or object—of another, alien, foreign
3Latinaliusother, another, any other; else; different
4Proto-Italicaljosanother
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂élyosother, another
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

Words derived from “ajeno

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyosEvery word from Proto-Italic aljos