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- Latin · derived fromextrā-“outside”
- Latin · derived fromextrāvertō
- English todayextravert
As a verb, from New Latin extrāvertō, from Classical Latin extrā- (“outside”) + vertō (“to turn”). As a noun and adjective, a back-formation from extraversion. Popularized in psychology by translations of German works by Carl Jung. By surface analysis, extra- + -vert.
Words from the same roots
Latinextrā- all →
extro-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.