Etymology

exe

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Today it means: A Windows executable file. Full definition →

Old English Ex ← Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk
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exe · noun1

Clipping of executable.

exe · noun2

Clipping of executioner.

Exe · proper noun3

  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*Uɨsk
  2. Old English · inherited fromEx
  3. English todayExe

From Old English Ex, a borrowing from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk (compare Welsh Wysg), a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate to the river names Axe, Esk, and Usk.

Exe · proper noun4

Shortening of Exeter.

Words from the same roots

Old EnglishEx all →

ExtonExmoorExfordExminster

Proto-Brythonic*Uɨsk all →

axeUskEsk

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