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[-] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 31 points 8 months ago

It's a Germanic word, not a Latin word. It's based on the German word extravert but it is absolutely spelled extrovert in English since about 1918.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

Jung was Swiss that doesn't make extravert any less Latin. German would be "auswärts gerichtet" vs. "einwärts gerichtet".

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