Where does “exact” come from?

exact (Middle French) comes from Latin exactus, from Latin exigō, from Latin agō, from Proto-Italic agō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

Ancestry of “exact”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexactusdriven out, expelled, having been driven out;...
2Latinexigōto drive out; expel
3Latinagōto act, to behave
4Proto-Italicagōdrive; push, impel; do, act
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éǵetito be driving
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

Words derived from “exact”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- →