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
Ancestry of “issues”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | issue | An exit, a way out; The final outcome or result;... |
| 2 | French | issu | from, originating from |
| 3 | English | issue | The action or an instance of flowing or coming... |
| 4 | Middle English | issue | — |
| 5 | Old French | issue | feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 6 | Old French | issir | to leave, to go out; to get out; to escape |
| 7 | Latin | exeō | — |
| 8 | Latin | eō | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |