extro-

English

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-.

Prefix

extro-

1. outward, outwards.

   extroverted: turned in an outward direction

Antonyms

• intro-

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with extro-

extroversion

extroverted

extrospect

extrovert

Related terms

• extra-

See also

• e-
• ex
• ex-
• exo-
• extra-

References

• “extro-, prefix”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1894.

Anagrams

• oxter, retox