Where does “exhaust” come from?

Exhaust comes from Latin exhaustus, the past participle of exhaurio meaning "to draw out or drain," formed from ex meaning "out" and haurio meaning "to draw."

exhaust (English): To draw or let out wholly; to drain off...

Definitions

  1. To draw or let out wholly; to drain off...

Ancestry of “exhaust”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexhaustusdrawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied,...
2LatinexhaurioI draw out, empty by drawing, exhaust, drain off,...
3Latinhauriōto draw (especially water), drain
4Proto-Italicauzjō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ews-dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up

Words derived from “exhaust”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ews- →Every word from Proto-Italic auzjō →Every word from Latin hauriō →