Where does “issue” come from?

issue (French) comes from French issu, from English issue, from Middle English issue, from Old French issue, from Old French issir, from Latin exeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō — to go.

issue (French): An exit, a way out; The final outcome or result;...

Definitions

  1. An exit, a way out; The final outcome or result;...

Ancestry of “issue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchissufrom, originating from
2EnglishissueThe action or an instance of flowing or coming...
3Middle EnglishissueExit, departure; the act of leaving or going out
4Old Frenchissuefeminine singular of the past participle of...
5Old Frenchissirto leave, to go out; to get out; to escape
6Latinexeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth
7Latinto go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)
8Proto-ItalicI go
9Proto-Italicejō
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go

Words derived from “issue

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éytiEvery word from Proto-Italic ejō