English → Latin
“extraneous” in Latin
extrāneusforeign; strangeexternusoutward, external; foreign, alien, exotic, strangeadventīciusforeign; strange; unusual, extraordinary; extrinsic
The English word extraneous itself goes back to Latin exter, through extrāneus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
extraneous
extraneus (very seldom extranea aliqua causa, Auct. ad Her.): externus: adventicius. (The words are found in this connection and order.) externus et adventicius.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for extraneous?
- The usual Latin words for “extraneous” are extrāneus, externus, adventīcius. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.