Where does “exemplaar” come from?
exemplaar (Dutch) comes from Old French exemplaire, from Late Latin [[exemplar]], [[exemplarium]], from Latin exemplum, from Latin eximō, from Latin emo, from Proto-Italic emō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- — to take; to distribute.
exemplaar (Dutch): copy (printed edition)
Definitions
- copy (printed edition)
Ancestry of “exemplaar”, step by step
exemplaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French exemplaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | exemplaire | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | [[exemplar]], [[exemplarium]] | — |
| 3 | Latin | exemplum | a sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,... |
| 4 | Latin | eximō | to take out, take away, remove or extract |
| 5 | Latin | emo | I buy, purchase; I acquire, procure |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | emō | to buy, to purchase |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁em- | to take; to distribute |
via Latin exemplar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exemplar | model, pattern, example, original or ideal; copy |