Etymology

exhume

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Today it means: To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. Full definition →

Medieval Latin exhumō ← Latin ex-
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromex-
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromexhumō
  3. English todayexhume

From Medieval Latin exhumō, from Latin ex- + humō (“to bury”).

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