Etymograph

English

extra-label

From extra- + label.

A compound of extra- + label

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs ‘out’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter ‘being on the outside’

Latin extrā ‘outside, except, beyond’

English extra-

Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘blade’

Proto-Germanic *lappǭ

Frankish *lappā ‘torn piece of cloth’

Old French label ‘strip of fabric’

Middle English label ‘narrow band’

English label

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the use of a drug in a way or for a purpose not specified on the label, or specifically the information provided by the manufacturer.

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

Etymograph / extra-label