Etymology

exterraneous

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Today it means: foreign; belonging to, or coming from, abroad or outside Full definition →

Latin exterraneus
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  1. Latin · derived fromexterraneus
  2. English todayexterraneous

From Latin exterraneus, from ex (“out”) + terra (“land”).

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