Where does “externalité” come from?

externalité (French) comes from English externality, from English external, from Latin externus, from Latin exter, from Proto-Italic *eksteros.

externalité (French): externality

Definitions

  1. externality

Ancestry of “externalité”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexternalityThe state of being external or externalized; A...
2EnglishexternalOutside of something; on the exterior; Not...
3Latinexternusoutward, external; foreign, alien, strange
4LatinexterOn the outside, outward, external, outer; Of...
5Proto-Italic*eksteros
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksteros
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