alien

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈeː.li.ən/

noun
Definitions
  • An alien, an extraterrestrial.

Etymology

Borrowed from English alien (extraterrestrial life form, foreigner, stranger) derived from Middle English alien derived from Old French alien derived from Latin aliēnus (foreign, later exotic, belonging to someone else, alien).

Origin

Latin

aliēnus

Gloss

foreign, later exotic, belonging to someone else, alien

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

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Property

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