Where does “extraterritorial” come from?
Extraterritorial derives from English territorial, Latin extra meaning beyond, Latin -alis forming adjectives, and Latin terra meaning earth or land, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ters- meaning to dry or land.
extraterritorial (English): Of a section of territory: not subject to the...
Definitions
- Of a section of territory: not subject to the...
Ancestry of “extraterritorial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | territorial | Of, relating to, or restricted to a specific... |
| 2 | Late Latin | territorialis | territorial; of or pertaining to a territory |
| 3 | Latin | territōrium | territory particularly |
| 4 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |