extratropics

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter

Latin extrā

English extra-

English tropics

English extratropics

From extra- + tropics.

Noun

extratropics pl (plural only)

1. The middle latitudes beyond the tropics.