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- exterior



[exterior 词源字典] - exterior: see extra
[exterior etymology, exterior origin, 英语词源] - exterior (adj.)




- 1520s, from Latin exterior "outward, outer, exterior," comparative of exterus "on the outside, outward, outer, of another country, foreign," itself a comparative of ex "out of" (see ex-). As a noun, "outer surface or aspect" from 1590s.