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[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

First I wondered if the post had it spelled incorrectly.

Then you had me wondering if I've been spelling it incorrectly this whole time.

Turns out extravert and extrovert are both acceptable spellings but extravert did come first.

[–] Plopp@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Correct. But extrOvert makes no sense, etymologically (latin). The dictionaries accept it, but I (jokingly) don't.

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Curious, because in Portuguese it’s “extrOvertido.” But I just learned the Spanish spelling can be both “extravertido” and “extrovertido.”