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Where does “exemplarie” come from?

exemplarie (Middle English) comes from Latin exemplarium, from Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum, from Latin eximō, from Latin emo, from Proto-Italic emō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- — to take; to distribute.

Ancestry of “exemplarie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexemplariumgenitive plural of exemplar
2Latinexemplarmodel, pattern, example, original or ideal; copy
3Latinexempluma sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,...
4Latineximō—
5LatinemoI buy, purchase; I acquire, procure
6Proto-Italicemōto buy, to purchase
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute
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