English
alias
Alias comes from Latin alias ‘at another time’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂el-root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalias‘at another time’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834alias
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂el-root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalias‘at another time’
- Englishearliest quotation 1834alias
Earliest quotation: 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, London: Richard Bentley: “Hitherto the commanding influence of Sir Robert Evelyn's character…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-
as, all, old, else, adult, el, ultimate, element, ultra, elder, ellen, alternate, outrage, ou, alter, altitude, alien, alumni, adolescent, qualification, altar, alt, alpine, abolish, alto, auld, alum, ulterior, proletariat, altruism, alp, parallax, alimony, alibi, retaliate, coalesce, aad, eld, foetal, exalt, 67 more
Today it means
adv Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- / alias