Alien
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Illustration: Screenshot from A Trip to the Moon (1902) Georges Méliès
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An alien is a person, animal, plant or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration. It can refer to a foreigner who is not a subject of the country in which he lives or to any life form of non-Earth origin.
Etymology
From Latin aliēnus, "belonging to someone else", then "exotic, foreign", from alius, "other". Cognate with Ancient Greek allos, "another, different" and Old English elles, "else".
Related terms
Namesakes
- Alien (film) (1979 film), by Ridley Scott
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