Where does “exhaustment” come from?
exhaustment (English) comes from English exhaust, from Latin exhaustus, from Latin exhaurio, from Latin hauriō, from Proto-Italic auzjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ews- — dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up.
exhaustment (English): exhaustion; draining of a supply
Definitions
- exhaustion; draining of a supply
Ancestry of “exhaustment”, step by step
exhaustment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exhaust
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exhaust | To draw or let out wholly; to drain off... |
| 2 | Latin | exhaustus | drawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied,... |
| 3 | Latin | exhaurio | I draw out, empty by drawing, exhaust, drain off,... |
| 4 | Latin | hauriō | to draw (especially water), drain |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | auzjō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ews- | dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up |