Etymograph

English

externalness

From external + -ness.

A compound of external + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter ‘outward’

Medieval Latin externus ‘outward’

English external

Today it means

noun The state or quality of being external.

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Etymograph / externalness