Where does “nonforeignness” come from?
nonforeignness (English) comes from English nonforeign, 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.
nonforeignness (English): The state of being nonforeign
Definitions
- The state of being nonforeign
Ancestry of “nonforeignness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | nonforeign | Not 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 |