Where does “extremities” come from?
Extremities comes from Middle English extremite, from Old French extremité, from Latin extremitas, a noun formed from Latin exter meaning outer or external.
extremities (English): plural of extremity
Ancestry of “extremities”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | extremity | The most extreme or furthest point of something;... |
| 2 | Middle English | extremite | — |
| 3 | Old French | extremité | — |
| 4 | Latin | extrēmitās | — |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |