Where does “exigere” come from?

exigere (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

exigere (Latin): second-person singular future passive indicative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative...

Ancestry of “exigere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “exigere

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-
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