Etymology

extranet

E1X8T1R1A1N1E1T1

Today it means: A private computer network that uses Internet protocols and can be accessed by authorized individuals via the Internet. Full definition →

English net ← Middle English net ← Old English nett
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Germanic*natją
  9. Proto-West Germanic*nati
  10. Old Englishnett
  11. Middle Englishnet
  12. Englishnet
  13. English todayextranet

From extra- + net.

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