古英语 utlendisc “来自外国,非本地的”,源自 utland “外国”,字面意思为“外地”(见 out- + land(n.))+ -ish。原始意义已经过时或不再使用。意思是“不熟悉的,奇怪的,古怪的,粗鲁的,离奇的”(例如外国人的习俗可能对本地人来说很奇怪),始于1590年代。比较德语 ausländisch,丹麦语 udenlandsk 等...
Etymological evidence and Gothic use indicates the original Germanic sense was "a definite portion of the earth's surface owned by an individual or home of a nation." The meaning was early extended to "solid surface of the earth," a sense which once had belonged to the ancestor of Modern ...
Etymological evidence and Gothic use indicates the original Germanic sense was "a definite portion of the earth's surface owned by an individual or home of a nation." The meaning was early extended to "solid surface of the earth," a sense which once had belonged to the ancestor of Modern ...