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

  1. To show or illustrate by example; To be an...

Ancestry of “exemplify”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinexemplificare
2Latinexempluma sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,...
3Latineximōto take out, take away, remove or extract
4LatinemoI buy, purchase; I acquire, procure
5Proto-Italicemōto buy, to purchase
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute

Words derived from “exemplify

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁em-