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