English

extracarpal

From extra- + carpal.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs ‘out’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter ‘being on the outside’

Latin extrā ‘outside, except, beyond’

Ancient Greek καρπός ‘wrist’

Latin carpālis

Today it means

adj Outside of the carpus.

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

Etymograph / extracarpal