Where does “exempt” come from?

exempt (Middle French) comes from Latin exēmptus, from Latin eximō, from Latin emo, from Proto-Italic emō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁em- — to take; to distribute.

exempt (Middle French): exempt

Definitions

  1. exempt

Ancestry of “exempt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexēmptusremoved, banished, exempted
2Latineximōto take out, take away, remove or extract
3LatinemoI buy, purchase; I acquire, procure
4Proto-Italicemōto buy, to purchase
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁em-to take; to distribute

Words derived from “exempt”

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