English

extravillous

From extra- + villous.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs ‘out’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter ‘being on the outside’

Latin extrā ‘outside, except, beyond’

Latin vellus ‘fleece’

Latin villus ‘shaggy hair’

Today it means

adj Outside of the villi

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

Etymograph / extravillous