English

exorotation

From exo- + rotation.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out of’

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ ‘Out of, from’

Ancient Greek ἔξω ‘outer’

English exo-

Proto-Indo-European *Hreth₂- ‘to run’

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Proto-Italic *rotā

Latin rota ‘wheel’

Latin rotō ‘to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about,…’

Latin rotātiō

Today it means

noun The rotation of a limb away from the midline of the body

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

Etymograph / exorotation