myEtymology.com: English etymology of exoticism

Etymology of the English word exoticism

the English word exoticism

derived from the English word exotic

derived from the Latin word exoticus (foreign, outlandish, exotic)

derived from the Greek word exotikos, ἐξωτικός

derived from the Greek word exo, ἔξω

derived from the Greek word hex, ἕξ (out)

using the English suffix -ism

derived from the French suffix -ism

derived from the Latin suffix -ismus

derived from the Greek suffix -ismos, -ισμός

suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")