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Where does “exemptional” come from?

exemptional (English) comes from English exemption, from Old French exemption, from Latin exemptio, from Latin eximo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō — resin.

exemptional (English): Of or relating to exemption

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to exemption

Ancestry of “exemptional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexemptionAn act of exempting; The state of being exempt;...
2Old Frenchexemption—
3Latinexemptio—
4LatineximoI remove or extract; I banish
5Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
6LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
7LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
8Latincommūnicō—
9Latincommūnis—
10Old Latincom(m)oinis—
11Proto-Italickommoinis—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
14Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
15Middle Englishkyt—
16Germankitt—
17Old High Germankuti—
18Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
19Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “exemptional”

  • exemptionalism
  • exemptionalist
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