Where does “exempt” come from?

exempt (French) comes from Latin exēmptus, from Latin eximō, from Latin emo, from Proto-Italic emō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- — to take; to distribute.

exempt (French): exempt; exempt, policeman

Definitions

  1. exempt; exempt, policeman

Ancestry of “exempt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexēmptusremoved, banished, exempted
2Latineximōto take out, take away, remove or extract
3LatinemoI buy, purchase; I acquire, procure
4Proto-Italicemōto buy, to purchase
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute

Words derived from “exempt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- →Every word from Proto-Italic emō →Every word from Latin emo →