English
exacta
Exacta comes from Latin exactus ‘driven out, expelled, having been driven out’, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’, and ultimately from *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexigō‘drive out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexactus‘driven out, expelled, having been driven out’literally ‘precise, acccurate’
- Englishtodayexacta
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexigō‘drive out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexactus‘driven out, expelled, having been driven out’literally ‘precise, acccurate’
- Englishtodayexacta
The story
Unadapted borrowing from Latin exactus (literally “precise, acccurate”).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’
suggest, register, essay, gesture, digest, congestion, acre, agrarian, belligerent, progesterone, ingestion, ingest, gestation, axiomatic, agitate, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 127 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’
strategy, agony, antagonist, axiom, reactionary, agonist, antagonism, antagonize, glucagon, stratagem, agonize, 101 more
through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’
reaction, transaction, actively, radioactive, inactive, unambiguous, reagent, retroactive, hyperactivity, ambiguously, 79 more
through Latin agō ‘to drive’
agency, agent, action, act, activity, active, actual, agenda, actor, examination, examine, ambiguous, squat, agile, ambiguity, activate, agility, agitation, enact, radium, cogent, actuator, actuation, actuate, redact, 96 more
through Latin exigō ‘drive out’
through Latin exactus ‘driven out, expelled, having been driven out’
Today it means
noun A bet in which the bettor must correctly pick the two runners who finish first and second, in the correct order.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / exacta