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From Ancient Greek ἀλλότριος (allótrios, “foreign”) + -ous. Sense 2 arose by Folk etymology.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From Ancient Greek ἀλλότριος (allótrios, “foreign”) + -ous. Sense 2 arose by Folk etymology.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.