Where does “exemplum” come from?

Exemplum comes from Latin exemplum, derived from Latin eximo meaning "to take out," from the prefix ex- meaning "out of," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

exemplum (English): An example; A story demonstrating a moral point;...

Definitions

  1. An example; A story demonstrating a moral point;...

Ancestry of “exemplum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexempluma sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,...
2Latineximōto take out, take away, remove or extract
3LatinemoI buy, purchase; I acquire, procure
4Proto-Italicemōto buy, to purchase
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- →