English
exoticize
From exotic + -ize.
A compound of exotic + -ize
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’
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Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outside’
Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός ‘foreign’
Latin exōticus ‘foreign, exotic’
Middle French exotique
English exotic
Today it means
verb To make (something banal) seem to be exotic.
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Etymograph / exoticize