Etymology

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Today it means: A person affiliated with an institution in a lesser capacity, for example, as a non-resident or as a part-time affiliate. Full definition →

Middle French externe ← Latin externus
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extern · noun, adjective1

  1. Latin · borrowed fromexternus
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromexterne
  3. English todayextern

From Middle French externe or its etymon Latin externus.

extern · noun2

Short for external; used as a keyword in these programming languages.

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