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Where does “issues” come from?

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

issues (French): plural of issue

Definitions

  1. plural of issue

Ancestry of “issues”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchissueAn exit, a way out; The final outcome or result;...
2Frenchissufrom, originating from
3EnglishissueThe action or an instance of flowing or coming...
4Middle Englishissue—
5Old Frenchissuefeminine singular of the past participle of...
6Old Frenchissirto leave, to go out; to get out; to escape
7Latinexeō—
8Latineō—
9Proto-ItaliceōI go
10Proto-Italicejō—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →