Where does “inexactness” come from?
inexactness (English) comes from English inexact, from French inexact, from French exact, from Middle French exact, from Latin exactus, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō — to drive.
inexactness (English): The characteristic or quality of being inexact; a...
Definitions
- The characteristic or quality of being inexact; a...
Ancestry of “inexactness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inexact | Imperfectly conforming; exceeding or falling... |
| 2 | French | inexact | inexact |
| 3 | French | exact | exact; precise |
| 4 | Middle French | exact | — |
| 5 | Latin | exactus | driven out, expelled, having been driven out;... |
| 6 | Latin | exigō | — |
| 7 | Latin | agō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |