Where does “extracurricular” come from?
Extracurricular comes from English curricular, Latin extra meaning "outside," and Latin exter meaning "outer," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰs meaning "outside."
extracurricular (English): Outside of the normal curriculum of an...
Definitions
- Outside of the normal curriculum of an...
Ancestry of “extracurricular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | curricular | Of, relating to, or following a curriculum |
| 2 | English | -ar | Of, near, or pertaining to; Forming nouns such as... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ar | — |
| 4 | Old English | -ere | masculine agent suffix, originally applied only... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |