English
alienate
Alienate may come from Latin alienātus ‘alienated’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalienātus‘alienated’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1832alienate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalienātus‘alienated’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1832alienate
Earliest quotation: 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening. […]: “The recollection of his former life is a dream…”
The story
Either from the above adjective or directly borrowed from Latin alienātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Every English word from Latin alienātus
Today it means
verb To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin alienātus / alienate