extraneous
English
/ɛkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/, /ekˈstɹæɪ.ni.əs/, /ɪkˈstɹeɪ.ni.əs/
adj
Definitions
- Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign
- Not essential or intrinsic
Etymology
Derived from Latin extrāneus (strange, foreign, external, from without).
Origin
Latin
extrāneus
Gloss
strange, foreign, external, from without
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- extraneously English
- extraneousness English
- nonextraneous English
- unextraneous English
- extraneāre, extraneo Latin
- extrāneus Latin
- estraneo Italian
- stranamente Italian
- stranezza Italian
- straniero Italian
- stranissimo Italian
- strano Italian
- extrañamente Spanish, Castilian
- extraño Spanish, Castilian
- estrange Old French
- estrangier Old French
- estrany Catalan, Valencian
- străin Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- estranno Old Portuguese
- striin Aromanian
- estranh Occitan
- estrañu Asturian
- strani Friulian
- estranno Old Spanish
- estren Cornish
- estrawn Middle Welsh
- strani Lombard