Where does “extranjero” come from?
extranjero (Spanish) comes from Old French estrangier, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus, from Latin -āneus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.
extranjero (Spanish): foreign; foreigner; foreign countries
Definitions
- foreign; foreigner; foreign countries
Ancestry of “extranjero”, 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 “extranjero”