Where does “extern” come from?

Extern comes from Middle French externe, from Latin exter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰsteros, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰs meaning outside or outer.

extern (English): A person affiliated with an institution in a...

Definitions

  1. A person affiliated with an institution in a...

Ancestry of “extern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchexterne—
2Latinexternusoutward, external; foreign, alien, strange
3LatinexterOn the outside, outward, external, outer; Of...
4Proto-Italic*eksteros—

Words derived from “extern”

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