Where does “external” come from?

External comes from Middle French externe, meaning outside or outer.

external (English): Outside of something; on the exterior; Not...

Definitions

  1. Outside of something; on the exterior; Not...

Ancestry of “external”, step by step

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

Words derived from “external

Every word from Proto-Italic *eksterosEvery word from Latin exterEvery word from Latin externus