Where does “unextraneous” come from?
unextraneous (English) comes from English extraneous, from Latin extrāneus, from Latin -āneus, from Latin -eus, from Proto-Italic *-eos.
unextraneous (English): Not extraneous
Ancestry of “unextraneous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | extraneous | Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing;... |
| 2 | Latin | extrāneus | — |
| 3 | Latin | -āneus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | — |