Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one. · To make or become indistinguishable.
Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as. · Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful
Another name; especially, an assumed name. · A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. · An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks. · An alternate name assigned to something, e.g. a database column to avoid ambiguity in a query.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Italic *aljos Latin alius Latin aliaslbor. English alias Learned borrowing from Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). Doublet of else and allo-. See also alien and alter.
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