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- From Middle English forner, foreyner, foroner, forenere, augmentation of earlier forein (“foreigner”), from the adjective.
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Where does the noun foreigner come from? Earliest known use. Middle English. The earliest known use of the noun foreigner is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for foreigner is from 1422. foreigner is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foreign adj., ‑er suffix1.
Sep 25, 2018 · English spelling altered 17c., perhaps by influence of reign, sovereign. Sense of "alien to one's nature, not connected with, extraneous" attested late 14c. Meaning "pertaining to another country" (as in foreign policy) is from 1610s. Replaced native fremd.
The word "foreigner" comes from the Old French word "forain", which in turn comes from the Latin word "foras", meaning "out of doors" or "outside". Meaning: A foreigner is a person who is not a native or naturalized citizen of a particular country or region.
Feb 27, 2022 · Historically, an alien admitted to certain rights of citizenship in a country; a naturalized citizen (but ineligible to public office). Formerly also an adjective, "within the city franchise, having certain rights and privileges of citizenship" (late 15c.). Compare foreign. faubourg.
Where does the noun foreign come from? Earliest known use. Middle English. The earliest known use of the noun foreign is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for foreign is from around 1390, in Vernon Manuscript Homilies. It is also recorded as an adjective from the Middle English period (1150—1500).
The earliest known use of the word foreign is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for foreign is from before 1325, in Statutes of the Realm.
3 days ago · foreigner (plural foreigners) A person from a foreign country. 1912, “An-hui”, in Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea [1], Hachette & Company, →OCLC, page 358: In the midst of the neck, the Great Orphan rock surmounted by a stûpa. — Beyond, the Northern ramifications of the Lu Shan, one of whose upper valleys is a ...
