Where does “examinee” come from?
Examinee derives from English examine, from French examiner, from Latin examinare, meaning to weigh or test, ultimately from Latin agere, meaning to do or drive.
examinee (English): The one who is examined
Definitions
- The one who is examined
Ancestry of “examinee”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | examine | to observe or inspect carefully or critically; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | examinen | — |
| 3 | Old French | examiner | to question; to torture; to consider; to ponder;... |
| 4 | Latin | examino | I weigh or consider; I examine |
| 5 | Latin | examen | swarm of bees; crowd; tongue of a balance; a... |
| 6 | Latin | exagmen | — |
| 7 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |