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Where does “esternare” come from?

esternare (Italian) comes from Italian esterno, from Latin externus, from Latin exter, from Proto-Italic *eksteros.

esternare (Italian): to express; to speak out

Definitions

  1. to express; to speak out

Ancestry of “esternare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianesternoexternal, outer, outside, out, outward, outdoor;...
2Latinexternusoutward, external; foreign, alien, strange
3LatinexterOn the outside, outward, external, outer; Of...
4Proto-Italic*eksteros—
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