Etymology

estrange

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Today it means: To cause to feel less close or friendly; alienate. To cease contact with (particularly of a family member or spouse, especially in form estranged). Full definition →

Old French estranger ← Latin extraneus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromextraneus“foreigner, stranger”
  2. Old French · derived fromestranger“to treat as a stranger”
  3. English todayestrange

From Old French estranger (“to treat as a stranger”), from Latin extraneus (“foreigner, stranger”) (from which also strange, stranger). Also see Spanish extraño.

Words from the same roots

Latinextraneus all →

strangestrangerextraneous

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