Etymology

extraposition

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Today it means: The movement of an element from its normal place to one at the end, or near the end, of a sentence. Full definition →

English position ← Latin extrā ← Proto-Italic *eksteros
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  3. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  4. Latinexter
  5. Latinextrā
  6. Englishextra-
  7. Englishposition
  8. English todayextraposition

From extra- + position.

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