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Where does “exemplaire” come from?

exemplaire (Middle French) comes from Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris, from Latin exemplum, from Latin eximō, from Latin emo, from Proto-Italic emō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- — to take; to distribute.

exemplaire (Middle French): exemplary; a copy, facsimile; an example; a...

Definitions

  1. exemplary; a copy, facsimile; an example; a...

Ancestry of “exemplaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchessamplaireexample; model; role model
2Latinexemplāris—
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

Words derived from “exemplaire”

  • exemplary
  • exemplarily
  • exemplariness
  • unexemplary
  • counterexemplary
  • exemplaire
  • exemplarité
  • exemplairement
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