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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

  1. foreign; foreigner; foreign countries

Ancestry of “extranjero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchestrangierforeigner
2Old Frenchestrangeforeign; overseas; foreigner; non-native
3Latinextrāneus—
4Latin-āneus—
5Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
6Proto-Italic*-eos—

Words derived from “extranjero”

  • extranjerismo
Every word from Proto-Italic *-eos →