alien

alien · noun, adjective, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂élyos
2. Latin · derived fromalius“other”
3. Latin · derived fromaliēnus“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”
4. Old French · derived fromalien
5. Middle English · inherited fromalien
6. English todayalien

From Middle English alien, a borrowing from Old French alien, aliene, from Latin aliēnus (“belonging to someone else”, later “exotic, foreign”), from Latin alius (“other”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos. Related to English else.

Alien · proper noun²

1. Mandarin · borrowed from阿蓮
2. English todayAlien

Borrowed from Mandarin 阿蓮 (Ālián) Wade–Giles romanization: A¹-lien².

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