Where does “unexemplary” come from?
unexemplary (English) comes from English exemplary, from Middle English exemplarie, from Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum, from Latin eximō, from Latin emo, from Proto-Italic emō — to take; to distribute.
unexemplary (English): Not exemplary; setting a poor example
Definitions
- Not exemplary; setting a poor example
Ancestry of “unexemplary”, step by step
unexemplary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exemplary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exemplary | Deserving honour, respect and admiration; Of such... |
| 2 | Middle English | exemplarie | — |
| 3 | Latin | exemplarium | genitive plural of exemplar |
| 4 | Latin | exemplar | model, pattern, example, original or ideal; copy |
| 5 | Latin | exemplum | a sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,... |
| 6 | Latin | eximō | to take out, take away, remove or extract |
| 7 | Latin | emo | I buy, purchase; I acquire, procure |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | emō | to buy, to purchase |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁em- | to take; to distribute |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |