Etymology

inexhaustible

in·ex·haus·ti·ble
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Today it means: Impossible to exhaust; unlimited. Full definition →

English exhaustible ← Latin exhaustus ← Proto-Italic *auziō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-ye-ti
  14. Proto-Italic*auziō
  15. Latinhauriō
  16. Latinexhauriō
  17. Latinexhaustus
  18. Englishexhaust
  19. Englishexhaustible
  20. English todayinexhaustible

From in- + exhaustible.

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