English
extraposition
From extra- + position.
A compound of extra- + position
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 *tḱey- ‘to build’
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Latin positus ‘placed’
Latin positiō ‘a putting, position’
Old French posicion
Middle English posicioun ‘position’
English position
Today it means
noun The movement of an element from its normal place to one at the end, or near the end, of a sentence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / extraposition