Läser man wikipedia länken, så användes ordet farang av flertalet folkgrupper eller liknande uttryck under 12th century om västeuropeer, det blir väl 1300 talet?
Over time, the word began to be used more generically. In 12th century, the term Frank became associated with all of Western Europeans (including the French,
Italians, and the
Flemish.) in the Muslim world.
Frangistan (
Persian: فرنگستان) was a term used by Thai and Muslims and was also used frequently by
Persians. Muslim traders referred to all European traders as Farang and it entered much of the languages of
South Asia and
Southeast Asia as a term.
Så verkar vara ett gammalt utryck.
Nevertheless, this term was also widely used in medieval Greece, Egypt and further Mediterranean areas attributing to West European people generally. In addition, similar expressions can be found in other languages as well. For instance, there is the Persian “farangg”, the Hindi ‘farengi/farangi’, the Tamil “pirangi”, the Arabic ‘frangi’ and the Polynesian “palangi”. These terms all sound very similar and point to a common origin.