External
/ɪkˈstɜːr.nəl/noun
Situated on or relating to the outside of something.
Did you know?Latin externus originally meant “foreign” or “outside,” and English later reshaped it into the everyday word we use for what lies beyond the boundary.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ster-
“To spread out, stretch, or extend”
Latin
Latin
externus
“Foreign, outside, belonging to another place”
Late Latin
Latin
externalis
“Pertaining to the outside or outward”
14th Century
English
external
“Outside, outward, not within”
Modern English
English
external
“Situated on or relating to the outside of something”