English
exoticist
From exotic + -ist.
Formed from exotic + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’
…
Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outside’
Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός ‘foreign’
Latin exōticus ‘foreign, exotic’
Middle French exotique
English exotic
The story
Attested since the 20th century.
Today it means
adj Having a tendency towards the exotic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / exoticist