extrovert

(lede) by everyone (7.2 mon) Thu Jan 27 2000 at 20:35:09
Person who is lively and sociable, and more interested in other people and things than himself.
Latin extro- (outside) and vertere (to turn).
(idea) by somrh (5.3 y) Wed Apr 09 2003 at 8:16:25
What I think is intriguing about the word extrovert is that it is the only word in the English language that uses the prefix extro.

Even more intriguing is the fact that Carl Jung, who coined the term, spelled the term with an A. But still, in modern dictionaries it is spelled with an O.

Is this a mistake that has been made by modern linguists? For what reason would they change the spelling of a word to a use a prefix that is used in no other word? Is this a conspiracy?

Well, I suppose it is, likely, no conspiracy, however, I shall always assume its correct spelling to be extravert with an A.

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