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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”

  • examination
  • examine
  • examiner
  • examinee
  • reexamine
  • exiguous
  • examinable
  • examinant
  • examinate
  • exiguity
  • interexaminer
  • preexamination
  • examinership
  • unexaminable
  • examinational
  • intraexaminer
  • examinest
  • exiguously
  • exiguousness
  • nonexamination
  • examinability
  • preexamine
  • self-examination
  • examen
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