foreign

Definition

Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

Etymology

From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”) or forīs (“outside, outdoors”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”). The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).

Example Sentences

• "foreign markets; foreign soil"
• "He liked visiting foreign cities."
• "foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade"