English
alienize
From alien + -ize.
Formed from alien + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- ‘beyond, other’
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Latin alius ‘other’
Latin aliēnus ‘belonging to someone else”, later “exotic,…’
Old French alien
Middle English alien ‘an outsider or foreign person, especially if…’
English alien
The story
Attested since the 16th century.
Today it means
verb To render (something or someone) alien
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / alienize