Where does “exemplairement” come from?
exemplairement (French) comes from French exemplaire, from Middle French exemplaire, from Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris, from Latin exemplum, from Latin eximō, from Latin emo, from Proto-Italic emō — to take; to distribute.
exemplairement (French): exemplarily
Ancestry of “exemplairement”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | exemplaire | copy; facsimile; example; sample; instance;... |
| 2 | Middle French | exemplaire | exemplary; a copy, facsimile; an example; a... |
| 3 | Old French | essamplaire | example; model; role model |
| 4 | Latin | exemplāris | — |
| 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 |