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/ɪksˈtɜːnəl/ik-STUR-nuhl
/ɪksˈtɝnəl/ik-STUR-nuhl
Meaningoutside
Common meaning: outside
- exteroutside, foreignLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 707 · scan
- naladjective ending: of, belonging to
Journey through time
- Latinexterus, -a, -um‘outside, foreign’
- Englishexternal‘outside’ · today
exter also in: extreme
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin exterus ‘outside, foreign’.
Roots
- exterus, -a, -um Latin “outside, foreign”
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