Etymograph

English

foreignism

From foreign + -ism.

A compound of foreign + -ism

Vulgar Latin *forānus ‘outsider’

Old French forain

Middle English foreyn

English foreign

first attested First attested in 1779 (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1779.

Today it means

noun A tendency to favor what is foreign.

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

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