An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

1. A species not native to its environment; an introduced species.
   

2. A hypothetical creature from outer space; → extraterrestrial.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from O.Fr. alien “strange, foreign; a stranger, foreigner,” from L. alienus “of or belonging to another, foreign, alien, strange,” also, as a noun, “a stranger, foreigner,” adjectival form of alius “(an)other,” → alias; meaning “not of the Earth” first recorded 1920.

Etymology (PE): Bigâné “alien, foreigner,” from Mid.Pers. bêgânag, from bêg-, bê- “out, outside, apart” (cf. Sogd. bêk “out, outside, apart, except,” bêk-dênê “heretic,” literally “out of religion”) + suffix -ânag.