Etymology

exhaust

ex·haust
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Today it means: To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely. Full definition →

Latin exhaustus ← Proto-Italic *auziō ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-ti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-ye-ti
  8. Proto-Italic*auziō
  9. Latinhauriō
  10. Latinexhauriō
  11. Latinexhaustus
  12. English todayexhaust

From Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurīre (“to draw out, drink up, empty, exhaust”), from ex (“out”) + haurīre (“to draw (especially water), drain”).

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