English
extraneous
Extraneous comes from Latin extrāneus ‘from without, strange’, from extrā ‘outside’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear, carry, bring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEauferō‘to take away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablātīvusas ablativeperfect passive participle of auferō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextrā‘outside’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextrāneus‘from without, strange’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831extraneous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰéreti‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*ferō‘to carry, bear’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEferō‘to bear, carry, bring’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEauferō‘to take away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEablātīvusas ablativeperfect passive participle of auferō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextrā‘outside’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEextrāneus‘from without, strange’
- Englishearliest quotation 1831extraneous
Earliest quotation: 1831, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Romance and Reality. […]: “Edward had seen beauty often, and seen it with…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
bar, birth, prefer, broad, bread, burden, bearing, barrel, fortune, barn, bore, fury, baron, breeze, bark, berth, broom, barrow, embargo, fret, ferret, insufferable, furtive, bier, bahar, proffer, birr, barrette, bairn, burnish, 113 more
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti ‘to bear, carry’
bear, borne, phosphate, euphoria, phosphorus, dysphoria, semaphore, indifferently, phosphine, 91 more
through Proto-Italic *ferō ‘to carry, bear’
suffering, differently, differentiation, indifferent, infertility, deference, infertile, differentially, deferential, differentiable, differentiator, 68 more
through Latin ferō ‘to bear, carry, bring’
different, offer, difference, reference, relative, suffer, relation, transfer, relate, differ, translation, referendum, referee, fertility, fertile, translate, defer, confer, infer, fertilization, elated, elation, collation, fertilize, dilate, collate, efferent, oblate, 79 more
through Latin auferō ‘to take away’
through Latin ablātīvus
frustration, infra, frustrate, ablative, 2 more
through Latin extrā ‘outside’
extraordinary, stranger, strangely, extravagant, strangeness, estrange, 2 more
through Latin extrāneus ‘from without, strange’
Today it means
adj Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / extraneous