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Extra Latin Extraterrestrial Extragalactic Takes Place Earth Galaxy

word EXTRA
meaning EXTRA is Latin for “outside” or “beyond.” So anything extraterrestrial or extragalactic takes place beyond the earth or the galaxy. Something extravagant, such as an extravaganza, goes way beyond the normal. And extra is naturally a word itself, a shortening of extraordinary, “beyond the ordinary.”

Tags: mwvb::root, mwvb::unit:8, mwvb::unit:8:root, obsidian_to_anki

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