Latin
exter
‘on the outside, outward, external, outer, far, remote’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin exter.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin exter, most familiar first.
- strange ← straunge ← estraunge ← estrange ← extrāneus
- external ← externus
- stranger ← straunger ← estrangier ← estrange ← extrāneus
- exterior
- extern ← externe ← externus
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Etymograph / Latin exter