Etymology

extravehicular

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Today it means: Relating to, on happening in, the space outside a vehicle, especially a spacecraft in space. Full definition →

English vehicular ← Latin extrā ← Proto-Italic *eksteros
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  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. Englishvehicular
  9. English todayextravehicular

From extra- + vehicular.

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