Etymograph

English

antialien

From anti- + alien.

Formed from anti- + alien

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’

English anti-

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

Today it means

adj Opposing aliens or foreigners.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / antialien