Etymology

exhaustively

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Today it means: In an exhaustive manner. Full definition →

English exhaustive ← Medieval Latin exhaustīvus ← Latin exhaustus
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The story

  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. Medieval Latinexhaustīvus
  13. Englishexhaustive
  14. English todayexhaustively

From exhaustive + -ly.

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