English
extraversion
Extraversion comes from New Latin extrāversio, from Latin versio ‘a turning’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEversio‘a turning’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900extrāversio
- Englishearliest quotation 1675extraversion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wert-‘to turn, to rotate, spin’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wertō‘to turn’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvertō‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to turn about, turn around, revolve’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEversio‘a turning’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900extrāversio
- Englishearliest quotation 1675extraversion
Earliest quotation: 1675, Robert Boyle, Of the Imperfection of the Chymist's Doctrine of Qualities: “...the supposed Extraversion or Intraversion of Sulphur...”
Formed from extravert + -sion
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
Latin vertō ‘to turn’
Latin extrāvertō
English extravert
The story
Popularized as a psychological term by the German works of Carl Jung.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
word, worth, weird, ridiculous, universe, ridicule, invert, derision, deride, wurst, derisive, 57 more
through Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
adverse, inverse, perverse, transverse, vertebrate, introvert, averse, vertebra, evert, vertiginous, 39 more
through Latin vertō ‘to turn, turn oneself, direct one's way, to…’
university, divorce, conversation, vertical, versus, diverse, diversity, verse, advertisement, vortex, versatile, convertible, advert, divert, revert, pervert, vertigo, adversity, vertex, diversion, subvert, avert, vert, diversification, inversion, verso, perversion, reversion, perversity, 48 more
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wert- / extraversion