English
extraverted
Extraverted comes from German extravertiert ‘extroverted’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentextravertiert‘extroverted’
- Englishearliest quotation 1915extraverted
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentextravertiert‘extroverted’
- Englishearliest quotation 1915extraverted
Earliest quotation: 1915, Carl Jung, On Psychological Understanding: “An extraverted individual can hardly understand the necessity that…”
Formed from extravert + -ed
Proto-Indo-European *wert- ‘to turn, to rotate, spin’
Proto-Italic *wertō ‘to turn’
Latin vertō ‘to turn’
Latin extrāvertō
English extravert
Every English word from German extravertiert
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German extravertiert / extraverted