Etymology of the English word alias
the English word
aliasderived from the Latin word
aliasderived from the Latin word
alius (other, another; different)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*al-derived from the Unis word
LatinDate
The earliest known usage of alias in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in other languages
French
aliasCognates
Dutch
alias, French
alias, German
alias, Norwegian
alias, Swedish
aliasUsage
Word found in Modern English