Where does “extremum” come from?
extremum (English) comes from Latin extremum, from Latin extremus, from Latin extra, from Latin extera, from Latin exter, from Proto-Italic *eksteros.
extremum (English): a point, or value, which is a maximum or a...
Definitions
- a point, or value, which is a maximum or a...
Ancestry of “extremum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | extremum | nominative neuter singular of extrēmus;... |
| 2 | Latin | extremus | situated at the end, edge, or tip; occurring at... |
| 3 | Latin | extra | outside of; beyond |
| 4 | Latin | extera | nominative feminine singular of exter; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | exter | On the outside, outward, external, outer; Of... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *eksteros | — |