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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

  1. plural of issue; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “issues”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishissueThe action or an instance of flowing or coming...
2Middle Englishissue—
3Old Frenchissuefeminine singular of the past participle of...
4Old Frenchissirto leave, to go out; to get out; to escape
5Latinexeō—
6Latineō—
7Proto-ItaliceōI go
8Proto-Italicejō—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “issues”

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