Where does “issue” come from?
Issue derives from Middle English issue, from Old French issue, the feminine past participle of issir meaning "to go out," from Latin exīre, composed of ex- meaning "out" and īre meaning "to go."
issue (English): The action or an instance of flowing or coming...
Definitions
- The action or an instance of flowing or coming...
Ancestry of “issue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | issue | Exit, departure; the act of leaving or going out |
| 2 | Old French | issue | feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 3 | Old French | issir | to leave, to go out; to get out; to escape |
| 4 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 5 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |