Where does “ejemplar” come from?
ejemplar (Spanish) comes 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.
ejemplar (Spanish): exemplary; exemplar, example; specimen
Definitions
- exemplary; exemplar, example; specimen
Ancestry of “ejemplar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exemplar | model, pattern, example, original or ideal; copy |
| 2 | Latin | exemplum | a sample; an example; a warning example, lesson,... |
| 3 | Latin | eximō | to take out, take away, remove or extract |
| 4 | Latin | emo | I buy, purchase; I acquire, procure |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | emō | to buy, to purchase |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁em- | to take; to distribute |