Etymograph

English

extrastapes

From extra- + stapes.

Formed from extra- + stapes

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-

Medieval Latin stapēs ‘stirrup’

English stapes

Today it means

noun A cartilaginous structure connecting the stapes to the tympanic membrane in birds and reptiles

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

Etymograph / extrastapes