Where does “exact” come from?
exact (French) comes from Middle French exact, from Latin exactus, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
exact (French): exact; precise
Ancestry of “exact”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | exact | — |
| 2 | Latin | exactus | driven out, expelled, having been driven out;... |
| 3 | Latin | exigō | — |
| 4 | Latin | agō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | agō | drive; push, impel; do, act |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
Words derived from “exact”