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Where does “extraterritoriality” come from?

extraterritoriality (English) comes from English extraterritorial, from English territorial, from Late Latin territorialis, from Latin territōrium, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr.

extraterritoriality (English): Immunity from the local laws of a certain area,...

Definitions

  1. Immunity from the local laws of a certain area,...

Ancestry of “extraterritoriality”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishextraterritorialOf a section of territory: not subject to the...
2EnglishterritorialOf, relating to, or restricted to a specific...
3Late Latinterritorialisterritorial; of or pertaining to a territory
4Latinterritōrium—
5Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
6Latin-tōrius—
7Latin-tor-er
8Proto-Italic-tōr—
9Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
10Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
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