English
extratropical
From extra- + tropical.
A compound of extra- + tropical
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-
Today it means
adj Occurring outside the tropics, usually in temperate latitudes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / extratropical