Etymograph

English

extrastimulus

From extra- + stimulus.

Formed from extra- + stimulus

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-

Latin stimulus ‘goad, prick’

English stimulus

Today it means

noun A premature stimulus delivered during an extrasystole in order to terminate it

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

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