Where does “extraterrestrial” come from?
Extraterrestrial comes from English terrestrial, derived from Latin extra and Latin terra meaning "earth," both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ters- meaning "dry."
extraterrestrial (English): Originating from outside of the Earth's...
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- Originating from outside of the Earth's...
Ancestry of “extraterrestrial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | extra- | Outside of, beyond |
| 2 | Latin | extrā | — |
| 3 | Latin | exter | On the outside, outward, external, outer; Of... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *eksteros | — |
Words derived from “extraterrestrial”