Where does “exhibitive” come from?
exhibitive (English) comes from English exhibit, from Latin exhibitus, from Latin exhibeō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
exhibitive (English): Serving for exhibition; representative
Definitions
- Serving for exhibition; representative
Ancestry of “exhibitive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exhibit | To display or show for others to see, especially... |
| 2 | Latin | exhibitus | presented, shown, exhibited, revealed; produced,... |
| 3 | Latin | exhibeō | to hold forth, present, show, exhibit, display, reveal |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |