Etymograph

English

exoticness

From exotic + -ness.

A compound of exotic + -ness

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

noun The characteristic of being exotic; foreignness.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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