extrinsic

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1. Latin · derived fromextrinsecus“from without, without, on the outside”
2. French · borrowed fromextrinsèque
3. English todayextrinsic

From French extrinsèque, from Latin extrinsecus (“from without, without, on the outside”), from *extrim, an assumed adverbial form of exter (“outer, outward”) + secus (“by, on the side”).