extraterrestrial
English
/ˌɛkstɹətɚˈɛstɹi.əl/, /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛst.ɹi.əl/
adj
Definitions
- Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
Etymology
Affix from English terrestrial root from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ters-
Gloss
dry
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
干, 乾
Emoji
🏜️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Newfoundland English
- Terra English
- Terran English
- aeroterrestrial English
- circumterrestrial English
- euterrestrial English
- extraterrestrialization English
- extraterrestrially English
- extraterrestrialness English
- intraterrestrial English
- limnoterrestrial English
- nonextraterrestrial English
- nonterrestrial English
- preterrestrial English
- reinter English
- semiterrestrial English
- subterrestrial English
- superterrestrial English
- terrane English
- terrestrial English
- terrestrialism English
- terrestriality English
- terrestrialization English
- terrestrialize English
- terrestrially English
- terrestrialness English
- territory English
- toast English
- unterrestrial English
- *interrāre Latin
- attorreo Latin
- contorreo Latin
- detorreo Latin
- dētergēns Latin
- extorreo Latin
- mediterraneus Latin
- mediterrāneus Latin
- subterraneus Latin
- terra Latin
- terrenum Latin
- terrestris Latin
- territorium Latin
- terrēnus Latin
- tescum Latin
- torrefacio Latin
- torrens Latin
- torrentem Latin
- torreō Latin
- torridus Latin
- tostum Latin
- tostus Latin
- tosto Italian
- bientôt French
- désenterrer French
- plutôt French
- sitôt French
- tantôt French
- terroir French
- torrentiel French
- tôt French
- μεσόγαιος Ancient Greek
- τέρσομαι Ancient Greek
- ταρσός Ancient Greek
- *ters- Proto-Indo-European
- *ters-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *torséyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s- Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-yé-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *térstus Proto-Indo-European
- *térsus Proto-Indo-European
- *þarzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þursakōną Proto-Germanic
- *þurskaz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstiz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstuz Proto-Germanic
- *þursuz Proto-Germanic
- *þurzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurznaną Proto-Germanic
- तृष्णा Sanskrit
- तृष्यति Sanskrit
- tost Middle English
- þurkan Old Norse
- þurrleikr Old Norse
- þyrsklingr Old Norse
- þyrstr Old Norse
- թառ Armenian
- թառել Armenian
- թարշամել Armenian
- թառամ Old Armenian
- թառամիմ Old Armenian
- terc Old Irish
- tíraid Old Irish
- *tīros Proto-Celtic
- terrassa Old Occitan
- tost Venetian
- թառել Middle Armenian
- toast
- Terra
- Terran
- reinter
- terrane
- territory
- terrestrial
- Newfoundland
- terrestrially
- unterrestrial
- euterrestrial
- preterrestrial
- subterrestrial
- terrestrialism
- nonterrestrial
- terrestrialize
- terrestriality
- aeroterrestrial
- terrestrialness
- semiterrestrial
- intraterrestrial
- limnoterrestrial
- superterrestrial
- circumterrestrial
- extraterrestrially
- terrestrialization
- nonextraterrestrial
- extraterrestrialness
- extraterrestrialization