Strange etymology

English

English word strange comes from Latin extera, and later Latin extra ((with accusative) beyond. (with accusative) outside of.)

Etymology of strange

Detailed word origin of strange

Dictionary entry Language Definition
extera Latin (lat)
extra Latin (lat) (with accusative) beyond. (with accusative) outside of.
extraneum Latin (lat)
estrange Old French (fro) Foreigner; non-native Foreign; overseas.
strange Middle English (enm)
strange English (en) (slang, uncountable) vagina (obsolete, intransitive) To be estranged or alienated.. (obsolete, intransitive) To wonder; to be astonished (at something).. (obsolete, transitive) To alienate; to estrange. (obsolete) Backward; slow.. (obsolete) Belonging to another country; foreign.. (obsolete) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.. (obsolete) Reserved; distant in deportment.. (physics) [...]

Words with the same origin as strange

Descendants of extera

extra stranger