The story
- Latin · derived fromexuviae“what is shed”
- English todayexuviate
From Latin exuviae (“what is shed”), from exuō (“cast off, strip”).
Words from the same roots
Latinexuviae all →
exuviaeexuvialexuvium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
exuviate
Today it means: To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult). Full definition →
Latin exuviae