Where does “antiforeignism” come from?
antiforeignism (English) comes from English antiforeign, 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.
antiforeignism (English): antiforeign attitudes
Definitions
- antiforeign attitudes
Ancestry of “antiforeignism”, step by step
antiforeignism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English antiforeign
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | antiforeign | Opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign |
| 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 |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |