Etymology

extraneous

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Today it means: Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign. Full definition →

Latin extrāneus
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  1. Latin · derived fromextrāneus“from without, strange”
  2. English todayextraneous

From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.

Words from the same roots

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