'foreign-sourced' is a compound word combining 'foreign' and 'sourced'. 'Foreign' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'foris', meaning 'outside'. 'Sourced' comes from the word 'source', which has its roots in Latin 'surgere', meaning 'to rise'.

'Foreign' evolved from Old French 'forain', and 'sourced' from Old French 'sourcer', eventually forming the modern English compound 'foreign-sourced'.

Initially, 'foreign' meant 'outside' and 'sourced' meant 'to rise or originate'. Together, they now mean 'originating from an external source'.