English

Republic of Example

From republic + of + example, capitalising the components to resemble the full (formal) name of a country.

Latin rēspūblica ‘a republic, commonwealth’

Middle French republique

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

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Proto-West Germanic *ab

Old English æf

Old English of ‘from’

Middle English of

English of

Latin eximō ‘to take out’

Latin exemplum ‘sample’

Old French example

Middle English example

Today it means

name Synonym of Examplestan.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Republic of Example