Where does “форекс” come from?
форекс (Bulgarian) comes from English forex, from English foreign, from Middle English foreyn, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin foranus, from Latin forās, from Latin -ās, from Latin -ātis — he, she.
форекс (Bulgarian): forex foreign exchange; the trade of foreign currencies
Definitions
- forex foreign exchange; the trade of foreign currencies
Ancestry of “форекс”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | forex | — |
| 2 | English | foreign | Located outside a country or place, especially... |
| 3 | Middle English | foreyn | Nonlocal; not from or in one's town or immediate... |
| 4 | Old French | forain | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | foranus | outsider, outlander |
| 6 | Latin | forās | outside, outdoors (destination) |
| 7 | Latin | -ās | Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place |
| 8 | Latin | -ātis | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |