Etymology

exemplify

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Today it means: To show or illustrate by example. Full definition →

Middle English exemplifien ← Middle French exemplifier ← Medieval Latin exemplificō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromexemplum“example”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromexemplificō
  3. Middle French · derived fromexemplifier
  4. Middle English · inherited fromexemplifien
  5. English todayexemplify

From Middle English exemplifien, from Middle French exemplifier and its etymon Medieval Latin exemplificō, from Latin exemplum (“example”).

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.