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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |