English

exodrift

From exo- + drift.

Formed from exo- + drift

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- ‘to drive, push’

Proto-Germanic *driftiz

Old English *drift

Middle English drift

English drift

Today it means

noun A tendency to exotropia

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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