Where does “alejamiento” come from?
alejamiento (Spanish) comes from Spanish alejar, from Spanish lejos, from Old Spanish lexos, from Latin laxius, from Latin laxus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
alejamiento (Spanish): distancing; distance; estrangement, rift
Definitions
- distancing; distance; estrangement, rift
Ancestry of “alejamiento”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | alejar | to remove to a distance, put farther away, to... |
| 2 | Spanish | lejos | far |
| 3 | Old Spanish | lexos | — |
| 4 | Latin | laxius | nominative neuter singular of laxior; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | laxus | wide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lēg- | to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;... |