Where does “issue” come from?
issue (Middle English) comes from Old French issue, from Old French issir, from Latin exeō, from Latin eō, from Proto-Italic eō, from Proto-Italic ejō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
issue (Middle English): Exit, departure; the act of leaving or going out
Definitions
- Exit, departure; the act of leaving or going out
Ancestry of “issue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | issue | feminine singular of the past participle of... |
| 2 | Old French | issir | to leave, to go out; to get out; to escape |
| 3 | Latin | exeō | to exit, depart, go forth, come forth |
| 4 | Latin | eō | to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.) |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | eō | I go |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ejō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |