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Where does “externe” come from?

externe (Middle French) comes from Latin externus, from Latin exter, from Proto-Italic *eksteros.

Ancestry of “externe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “externe”

  • external
  • externally
  • externality
  • externalization
  • externalist
  • externalize
  • externalistic
  • externalistically
  • externalizable
  • externalizer
  • nonexternal
  • externalness
  • esternalizzare
  • esternalizzazione
Every word from Proto-Italic *eksteros →