Etymograph

English

extrapyramidal

From extra- + pyramidal.

A compound of extra- + pyramidal

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-

Ancient Greek πυραμίς ‘pyramid’

Latin pȳramis ‘a pyramid’

Medieval Latin pȳramidālis

Middle English piramidal

English pyramidal

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the neural pathways that are independent of the pyramidal tract.

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

Etymograph / extrapyramidal