Where does “exécutable” come from?
exécutable (French) comes from French exécuter, from French exécution, from Latin exsecutio, from Latin exsequor, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
exécutable (French): executable
Ancestry of “exécutable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | exécuter | to execute; to carry out; to execute; to comply |
| 2 | French | exécution | execution |
| 3 | Latin | exsecutio | performance, execution; indictment |
| 4 | Latin | exsequor | I follow to the end; follow after thoroughly,... |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | — |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
Words derived from “exécutable”