Where does “enajenar” come from?
enajenar (Spanish) comes from Latin alienare, from Latin alieno, from Latin alienus, from Latin alius, from Proto-Italic aljos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂élyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.
enajenar (Spanish): to alienate; to enrapture
Definitions
- to alienate; to enrapture
Ancestry of “enajenar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | alienare | present active infinitive of aliēnō;... |
| 2 | Latin | alieno | I change the nature of a person or thing into... |
| 3 | Latin | alienus | Of that which belongs to another person, place,... |
| 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 |