Where does “inexactitude” come from?
inexactitude (English) comes from French inexactitude, from French exactitude, from French exact, from Middle French exact, from Latin exactus, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.
inexactitude (English): A lack of exactness; something inexact or...
Definitions
- A lack of exactness; something inexact or...
Ancestry of “inexactitude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | inexactitude | inexactitude |
| 2 | French | exactitude | exactitude, accuracy |
| 3 | French | exact | exact; precise |
| 4 | Middle French | exact | — |
| 5 | Latin | exactus | driven out, expelled, having been driven out;... |
| 6 | Latin | exigō | to drive out; expel |
| 7 | Latin | agō | to act, to behave |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |