Etymology

foreignism

for·eign·ism
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Today it means: A tendency to favor what is foreign. Full definition →

English foreign ← Middle English foreyn ← Old French forain
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰworéh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*þworā
  4. Proto-Italic*fworā
  5. Proto-Italic*forā
  6. Latin*fora
  7. Latinforās
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwṓr
  10. Proto-Italic*θworeis < *θworis
  11. Latinforīs < foris
  12. Vulgar Latin*forānus
  13. Old Frenchforain
  14. Middle Englishferinflu.
  15. Middle Englishforeyn
  16. Englishreigninflu.?
  17. Englishforeign
  18. English todayforeignism

From foreign + -ism. First attested in 1779.

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