Etymology

nonexhaustive

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Today it means: Not exhaustive. Full definition →

English exhaustive ← Medieval Latin exhaustīvus ← Latin exhaustus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  16. Proto-Italic*eks
  17. Latinex
  18. Latinex-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-ye-ti
  21. Proto-Italic*auziō
  22. Latinhauriō
  23. Latinexhauriō
  24. Latinexhaustus
  25. Medieval Latinexhaustīvus
  26. Englishexhaustive
  27. English todaynonexhaustive

From non- + exhaustive.

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