English
exhaustible
Exhaustible comes from Latin exhaustus ‘drawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to become light’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auziōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhauriō‘to draw, drain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhauriō‘to draw out, empty by drawing, deplete’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhaustus‘drawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied, depleted, having been exhausted’
- English1500–presentexhaust
- Englishtodayexhaustible
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-‘to become light’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂ews-ye-tireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*auziōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhauriō‘to draw, drain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhauriō‘to draw out, empty by drawing, deplete’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhaustus‘drawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied, depleted, having been exhausted’
- English1500–presentexhaust
- Englishtodayexhaustible
A compound of exhaust + -ible
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’
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Proto-Italic *auziō
Latin hauriō ‘to draw, drain’
Latin exhauriō ‘to draw out, empty by drawing, deplete’
Latin exhaustus ‘drawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied,…’
English exhaust
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’
or, air, east, plane, aerial, malaria, aurora, aria, aura, aero, oriel, aureus, aurelia, oriole, aurum, austral, 63 more
Today it means
adj Capable of being exhausted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- / exhaustible