Etymograph

English

extrasellar

From extra- + sellar.

Formed from extra- + sellar

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 *sed- ‘to sit’

Proto-Indo-European *sedleh₂

Proto-Italic *sedlā

Latin sella ‘seat, chair’

Latin sellāris ‘of or belonging to a seat’

English sellar

Today it means

adj Beyond the sella turcica

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

Etymograph / extrasellar