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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1432/
- Published: 2023-12-31T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-31T03:03:17.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:07

The word for today is…

extraneous (adjective):

1: existing on or coming from the outside  
2a: not forming an essential or vital part  
b: having no relevance  
3: being a number obtained in solving an equation that is not a solution of the equation

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extraneous?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology :Extraneous has been a part of the English language since at least the mid-1600s, and that it comes from the Latin word extraneus, which means “not belonging to one’s family or household; external.” Extraneus—a combination of the Latin adverb/preposition extre (“outside” or “beyond”) and adjective suffix -aneus—is also the root of the English words strange and estrange; its influence is even more obvious in the Spanish adjective extrano, meaning “strange.” The “outside/beyond” senses of extra are also evident in non-extraneous English words like extraterrestrial, which refers to a creature originating from “outside” planet Earth, and extrajudicial, which describes something “beyond” what is allowed by a court

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