Etymology

unexhaustible

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Today it means: Not exhaustible; endless; inexhaustible. 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-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  10. Proto-Italic*eks
  11. Latinex
  12. Latinex-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-ye-ti
  15. Proto-Italic*auziō
  16. Latinhauriō
  17. Latinexhauriō
  18. Latinexhaustus
  19. Englishexhaust
  20. Englishexhaustible
  21. English todayunexhaustible

From un- + exhaustible.

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