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Which word shares a Latin root with alien?

alien

[ayl-yuhn, ay-lee-uhn] / ˈeɪl jən, ˈeɪ li ən /




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"When my mum used the word meningitis, I could see how worried she was. It was really concerning - it was all so alien to us."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

On Sept. 10, federal authorities arrested Bhengura and charged him with voting as an alien in a federal election and making a false statement about being a U.S. citizen in order to register to vote.

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026

“It just looks like what I assume an alien would think that we eat,” Montgomery said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Dive into this short story about humans’ first contact with an alien who’s been corrupted by some very modern vices.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

‘Yes. But he did not think of himself as a white man. He said, “I consider nothing human as alien to myself.”

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

One thing my dad understood that I think gets overlooked: “Star Trek” wasn’t going out into the galaxy to find aliens that looked different.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Instead, he thinks humanity can deliver its own salvation—albeit with a bit of inspiration from aliens.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

“There are these movies where the aliens are coming, and you see unprecedented levels of cooperation between China and the U.S.,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Second, though “virtually all scientists” reject the idea that aliens have visited Earth, researchers are “increasingly confident that humanity will discover extraterrestrial life.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Dante kept telling the story about the man on the bus and the aliens in Roswell and how some had escaped to El Paso and were planning on taking over the transportation system.

From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz




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