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Where does “exhaustively” come from?

Exhaustively derives from English exhaust combined with the English adverbial suffix -ively, tracing back through Latin exhaustus (past participle of exhaurire, meaning "to draw out completely") to Latin ex (out) and Proto-Indo-European ḱóm (together).

exhaustively (English): In an exhaustive manner

Definitions

  1. In an exhaustive manner

Ancestry of “exhaustively”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishexhaustiveincluding every possible element; fully...
2Medieval Latinexhaustīvus—
3Latinexhaustusdrawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied,...
4LatinexhaurioI draw out, empty by drawing, exhaust, drain off,...
5Latinhauriō—
6Proto-Italicauzjō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ews-dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up
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