alien

/ˈaljen/ · B2 · noun · m

foreigner

alien — foreigner

👽 Spanish alien = English alien, both from Latin alienus 'belonging to another'

Both come from Latin alienus, meaning 'of another'. An alien is simply someone or something from somewhere else. Spanish alien /ˈaljen/ is a recent borrowing from English, used for extraterrestrials in sci-fi.

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