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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

  1. a point, or value, which is a maximum or a...

Ancestry of “extremum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinextremumnominative neuter singular of extrēmus;...
2Latinextremussituated at the end, edge, or tip; occurring at...
3Latinextraoutside of; beyond
4Latinexteranominative feminine singular of exter; nominative...
5LatinexterOn the outside, outward, external, outer; Of...
6Proto-Italic*eksteros—
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