extreme
/ekstˈɹim/ek-STREEM
/ɛkstˈɹim/ek-STREEM
Meaningoutermost
Common meaning: furthest
Other meanings: very great
- extreoutside, foreignLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 707 · scan
- menoun ending (from Latin -men)
Journey through time
- Latinexterus, -a, -um‘outside, foreign’
- Frenchextreme
- Englishextreme‘furthest’ · today
extre also in: external
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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