Etymology

exon

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Today it means: An officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Full definition →

French exempt
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exon · noun1

  1. French · derived fromexempt
  2. English todayexon

Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt.

exon · noun2

Combination of the prefix ex of the term expressed (region) and the term intron.

Exon · proper noun3

  1. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromExonia
  2. English todayExon

Clipping of Medieval Latin Exonia (or perhaps its adjective form Exoniensis), the Latin name for Exeter which appears in the Liber Exoniensis (1086), + -an. See also Exonian.

Words from the same roots

Medieval LatinExonia all →

Exonian

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