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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
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
externus
outward, external; foreign, alien, strange
2
Latin
exter
On the outside, outward, external, outer; Of...
3
Proto-Italic
*eksteros
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Words derived from “externe”
extern
externment
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