English
extrados
Extrados comes from French extradossé ‘outer curve’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentextradossé‘outer curve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1954extrados
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentextradossé‘outer curve’
- Englishearliest quotation 1954extrados
Earliest quotation: 1954, Strengthening of Coquet Viaduct: “The two lower rows of tubes at each end…”
A compound of extra ‘outside’ + dos ‘back’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to bear, carry’
Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
Latin ferō ‘to bear, carry, bring’
Latin auferō ‘to take away’
Latin ablātīvus
Latin extra ‘outside’
Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‘give’
Proto-Indo-European *déh₃tis ‘giving’
Proto-Italic *dōtis
Latin dos ‘back’
Every English word from French extradossé
Today it means
noun The outer or upper curve of an arch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French extradossé / extrados