Where does “exemplify” come from?
Exemplify comes from Medieval Latin exemplificare, derived from Latin exemplum, from eximo meaning to take out, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root eǵ-.
exemplify (English): To show or illustrate by example; To be an...
Definitions
- To show or illustrate by example; To be an...
Ancestry of “exemplify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Medieval Latin | exemplificare | — |
| 2 | Latin | exemplum | a sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,... |
| 3 | Latin | eximō | — |
| 4 | Latin | emo | I buy, purchase; I acquire, procure |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | emō | to buy, to purchase |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁em- | to take; to distribute |
Words derived from “exemplify”