Where does “exteriority” come from?
Exteriority comes from French extériorité, from Latin exterioritas, derived from the Proto-Indo-European suffix -it- denoting a quality or state.
exteriority (English): surface; externality
Ancestry of “exteriority”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | exterior | Relating to the outside parts or surface of... |
| 2 | Latin | exterior | outward, outer, exterior |