Etymology

overexhaustion

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Today it means: Excessive exhaustion. Full definition →

English exhaustion ← Medieval Latin exhaustiō ← Latin exhauriō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  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. Medieval Latinexhaustiō
  18. Englishexhaustion
  19. English todayoverexhaustion

From over- + exhaustion.

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