Where does “exhaustif” come from?
exhaustif (French) comes from Latin exhaustus, from Latin exhaurio, from Latin hauriō, from Proto-Italic auzjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ews- — dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up.
exhaustif (French): exhaustive
Ancestry of “exhaustif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | exhaustus | drawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied,... |
| 2 | Latin | exhaurio | I draw out, empty by drawing, exhaust, drain off,... |
| 3 | Latin | hauriō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | auzjō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ews- | dawn; east; to draw water, scoop up |
Words derived from “exhaustif”