English
exhaustively
Exhaustively 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’
- Medieval Latinmodernexhaustīvus
- English1500–presentexhaustive
- Englishearliest quotation 2016exhaustively
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’
- Medieval Latinmodernexhaustīvus
- English1500–presentexhaustive
- Englishearliest quotation 2016exhaustively
Earliest quotation: 2016, James Lambert, Ornithonymy and Lexicographical Selection Criteria: “While dictionaries might aspire to be exhaustively comprehensive, or…”
A compound of exhaustive + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’
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Latin hauriō ‘to draw, drain’
Latin exhauriō ‘to draw out, empty by drawing, deplete’
Latin exhaustus ‘drawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied,…’
Medieval Latin exhaustīvus
English exhaustive
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- ‘to become light’
or, air, east, plane, aerial, malaria, aurora, aria, aura, aero, aureus, oriole, oriel, aurelia, aurum, austral, 63 more
Today it means
adv In an exhaustive manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- / exhaustively