Where does “externat” come from?
externat (English) comes from French externat, from French externe, from Latin externus, from Latin exter, from Proto-Italic *eksteros.
externat (English): A day school
Ancestry of “externat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | externat | day school; externship |
| 2 | French | externe | external |
| 3 | Latin | externus | outward, external; foreign, alien, strange |
| 4 | Latin | exter | On the outside, outward, external, outer; Of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *eksteros | — |