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...
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- A person affiliated with an institution in a...
Ancestry of “extern”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | externe | — |
| 2 | Latin | externus | outward, external; foreign, alien, strange |
| 3 | Latin | exter | On the outside, outward, external, outer; Of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *eksteros | — |