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

Definitions

  1. A day school

Ancestry of “externat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexternatday school; externship
2Frenchexterneexternal
3Latinexternusoutward, external; foreign, alien, strange
4LatinexterOn the outside, outward, external, outer; Of...
5Proto-Italic*eksteros—
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksteros →Every word from Latin exter →Every word from Latin externus →
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