English

extrapair

From extra- + pair.

Formed from extra- + pair

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs ‘out’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter ‘being on the outside’

Latin extrā ‘outside, except, beyond’

Latin pār ‘equal; pair’

Old French paire

Middle English paire ‘two people; a pair’

English pair

Today it means

adj Occurring outside of a stable pairing.

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

Etymograph / extrapair