Where does “exe” come from?
exe (English) comes from English executable, from English execute, from Old French executer, from Latin exsecutus, from Latin exsequor, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
exe (English): A Windows executable file
Definitions
- A Windows executable file
Ancestry of “exe”, step by step
exe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English executable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | executable | Capable of being executed; A file that can be run... |
| 2 | English | execute | To kill as punishment for capital crimes; To... |
| 3 | Old French | executer | — |
| 4 | Latin | exsecutus | accompanied; pursued; executed, accomplished;... |
| 5 | Latin | exsequor | I follow to the end; follow after thoroughly,... |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |