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Where does “unexactness” come from?

unexactness (English) comes from English unexact, from English exact, from Latin exactare, from Latin exactus, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti — to drive.

unexactness (English): Alternative form of inexactness

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of inexactness

Ancestry of “unexactness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunexactNot exact
2EnglishexactPrecisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or...
3Latinexactare—
4Latinexactusdriven out, expelled, having been driven out;...
5Latinexigō—
6Latinagō—
7Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →