Where does “sampler” come from?
Sampler derives from Latin exemplāris meaning "serving as a model," from exemplum "example" and the agent suffix -ārius, ultimately from ex "out."
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Ancestry of “sampler”, step by step
sampler traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sample
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sample | A part or snippet of something taken or presented... |
| 2 | Middle English | saumple | exemplar, illustration, demonstration; parable;... |
| 3 | Old French | essample | Alternative form of essainple; example |
| 4 | Latin | exemplum | a sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,... |
| 5 | Latin | eximō | to take out, take away, remove or extract |
| 6 | Latin | emo | I buy, purchase; I acquire, procure |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | emō | to buy, to purchase |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁em- | to take; to distribute |
via Old French essamplaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | essamplaire | example; model; role model |
| 2 | Latin | exemplāris | exemplary |
| 3 | Latin | -āris | first conjugation |
| 4 | Latin | -ālis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ālis | forms relational adjectives |