Where does “issues” come from?
Issues descends from Middle English issue, Old French issue (derived from the verb issir, meaning "to go out"), ultimately from Latin exeo, composed of the prefix ex- meaning "out" and the verb eo meaning "to go."
issues (English): plural of issue; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of issue; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of “issues”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | issue | The action or an instance of flowing or coming... |
| 2 | Middle English | issue | Exit, departure; the act of leaving or going out |
| 3 | Old French | issue | feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 4 | Old French | issir | to leave, to go out; to get out; to escape |
| 5 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 6 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |