"foreigner" in seven languages
Meaningforeigner
Spanish
/ekstɾanˈxeɾo/
masc.borrowed · Old French estrangier
French
/etʁɑ̃ʒe/
masc.inherited
Italian
/straˈnjɛro/
masc.borrowed · Old French estranier / estrangier
Portuguese
/estɾɐ̃ˈʒejɾu/
masc.borrowed · Old French estrangier
Romanian
/strəˈin/
masc.inherited
Catalan
/əstɾənˈʒe/
masc.borrowed · Old French or Occitan estrangier
English
/ˈfɔɹənɚ/
other source · Old French forain (Latin FORĀNEUM)
The Latin ancestor
EXTRĀNEUM‘external, from outside’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French built étranger on étrange 'strange'; Spanish and Italian borrowed it in the Middle Ages, and the -ero / -iero ending betrays French -ier (native Italian would have -aio). English stranger is the same French word.
English relatives: strange, stranger, extraneous
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In a sentence
- esEn este barrio viven muchos extranjeros.
- frBeaucoup d'étrangers vivent dans ce quartier.
- itIn questo quartiere vivono molti stranieri.
- ptMuitos estrangeiros moram neste bairro.
- roÎn cartierul ăsta locuiesc mulți străini.
- caEn aquest barri hi viuen molts estrangers.
- enMany foreigners live in this neighborhood.