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Where does “extremite” come from?

extremite (Middle English) comes from Old French extremité, from Latin extrēmitās, from Latin -tās, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ts, from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “extremite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchextremité—
2Latinextrēmitās—
3Latin-tās—
4Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
5Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
6Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “extremite”

  • extremity
  • extremities
  • extremital
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