Etymograph

English

foreignness

From foreign + -ness.

A compound of foreign + -ness

Vulgar Latin *forānus ‘outsider’

Old French forain

Middle English foreyn

English foreign

Today it means

noun The quality of being, appearing, or being perceived as foreign; exoticness, otherness.

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

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