Where does “exuviate” come from?

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

exuviate (English): To shed or cast off a covering, especially a...

Definitions

  1. To shed or cast off a covering, especially a...

Ancestry of “exuviate”, 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 →