Etymology

nonexhaustively

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Today it means: In a nonexhaustive manner. Full definition →

English nonexhaustive ← Medieval Latin exhaustīvus ← Latin exhaustus
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  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. Englishexhaustively
  28. Englishnon-
  29. Englishexhaustive
  30. Englishnonexhaustive
  31. English todaynonexhaustively

From non- + exhaustively or nonexhaustive + -ly.

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