Etymograph

English

extreme

Extreme comes from Old French extreme, from Latin extrēmus ‘farthest, outermost’, superlative of exter ‘outer’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksterisemosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEextrēmus‘farthest’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400extreme
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksterisemosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEextrēmus‘farthest’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400extreme
  4. Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1587–1588, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […]: “a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, With ceaſeleſſe and…”

Every English word from Proto-Italic *eksterisemos

Today it means

adj Of a place, the most remote, farthest or outermost.

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Etymograph / Proto-Italic *eksterisemos / extreme

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