extro-
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Etymology
A pseudo-Latin prefix based upon Latin extra- (“outside, beyond”) under the influence of the distinction between Latin intro- (“inwards”) and intra- (“inside, within”). Formations in English are mostly limited to words formed as antonyms of terms formed with intro-.
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- “extro-, prefix”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1894.
