English
exemption
Exemption comes from Latin exemptiō, from eximō ‘to take out, take away, remove or extract’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeximō‘to take out, take away, remove or extract’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemptiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400exemption
- Englishearliest quotation 2023exemption
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
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- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō‘to buy, purchase’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeximō‘to take out, take away, remove or extract’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexemptiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400exemption
- Englishearliest quotation 2023exemption
Earliest quotation: 2023, Tami Luhby: “The legislation also tightens the share of unused exemptions…”
Formed from exempt + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
Latin exemptus ‘removed, banished, exempted’
Middle French exempt
English exempt
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
assume, presume, sumptuous, 47 more
through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’
consumer, premium, resume, consume, ransom, assumption, redeem, redemption, résumé, consumable, emptor, overconsumption, preemption, 42 more
through Latin eximō ‘to take out, take away, remove or extract’
Today it means
noun An act of exempting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- / exemption