Where does “exuviae” come from?

exuviae (English) comes from Latin exuviae, from Latin exuo, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

exuviae (English): plural of exuvia; API pl; The coverings of an...

Definitions

  1. plural of exuvia; API pl; The coverings of an...

Ancestry of “exuviae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexuviaenominative plural of exuvia; genitive singular of...
2Latinexuoto extract, take out, draw out, pull off
3Latinēx-out, away
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵ- →Every word from Latin ēx- →Every word from Latin exuo →