English
exterraneous
Exterraneous comes from Latin exterraneus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexterraneus
- Englishtodayexterraneous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexterraneus
- Englishtodayexterraneous
A compound of ex ‘out’ + terra ‘land’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out’
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex ‘out’
Proto-Indo-European *ters- ‘dry’
Proto-Italic *terzā ‘earth’
Latin terra ‘land’
Every English word from Latin exterraneus
Today it means
adj foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad or outside
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exterraneus / exterraneous