The story
- Middle English · derived from-ing
- Latin · derived fromex“to delete, to cross out”
- English todayextenuating
From Latin ex (“to delete, to cross out”) and tenuatus, past participle of tenuare (“to make thin”) + Middle English -ing. By surface analysis, ex- + tenuate + -ing.
Words from the same roots
Latinex all →
exchangeawardexeffortsewersoarallegeaventailelanceex-excarnificateex contractuexcorticateex negativoexnihilationex nuncex parteex post factoex situexsufflicateex temporeextumescenceex-voto
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.