alien

English

/ˈeɪ.li.ən/

noun
Definitions
  • Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
  • A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration.
  • A foreigner residing in a country.
  • One excluded from certain privileges; one alienated or estranged.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English alien derived from Old French alien derived from Latin aliēnus (foreign, later exotic, belonging to someone else, alien), alius (other, another) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (other, out of a group of more than two).

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Proto-Indo-European

*h₂élyos

Gloss

other, out of a group of more than two

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