Where does “extreme” come from?

Extreme comes from Old French extreme, from Latin extremus meaning "outermost," derived from Latin extra meaning "outside," which traces to Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰs.

extreme (English): Of a place, the most remote, farthest or...

Definitions

  1. Of a place, the most remote, farthest or...

Ancestry of “extreme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchextreme—
2Latinextrēmusrear
3Proto-Italiceksterisemos—

Words derived from “extreme”

Every word from Proto-Italic eksterisemos →Every word from Latin extrēmus →Every word from Old French extreme →