The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔξω“outer; external”
- French · borrowed fromexorrhéisme“drainage reaching the sea”
- English todayexoreic
From French exorrhéisme (“drainage reaching the sea”). Compare exo- from Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō, “outer; external”), and -ic (“pertaining to”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἔξω all →
osmosisexergonicexo-exoconsciousness
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.