English
exergue
Exergue comes from Latin exergum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexergum
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexergue
- Englishearliest quotation 1765same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexergum
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexergue
- Englishearliest quotation 1765same form
Earliest quotation: 1765, Philosophical Transactions: “In farther eviction of what has been advanced, relative…”
Every English word from Latin exergum
Today it means
noun A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exergum / exergue