Talk:extrovert

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Latest comment: 2 years ago by Backinstadiums in topic Etymology : morphological deformity
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Etymology : morphological deformity[edit]

Extravert, though modeled directly on the German loanword, has been nothing but a variant in English since the mid-1920s. This is unfortunate in a way, because extrovert is a morphological deformity, the -o- having come from a misguided attempt at paralleling introvert. The Latin prefixes are intro- and extra-. --Backinstadiums (talk) 17:06, 3 August 2021 (UTC)Reply