英语词汇alien的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	alien
词源	alien [ME] The word came via Old French from Latin alienus ‘belonging to another’, from alius ‘other’. It was initially used for foreigners, but since the 1920s has been used for beings from another planet. From the same base are alienate [LME] and alienation [LME]. The theatrical phrase alienation effect dates from the 1940s and is a translation of German Verfremdungseffekt.
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