English
exhaustless
Exhaustless 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
- Englishearliest quotation 1818exhaustless
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
- Englishearliest quotation 1818exhaustless
Earliest quotation: 1818, John Keats, Book III: “Nectar ran / In courteous fountains to all cups…”
A compound of exhaust + -less
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, 62 more
through Latin exhaustus ‘drawn out, exhausted, drained off, emptied,…’
Today it means
adj Unable to be exhausted; having an endless supply; inexhaustible.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- / exhaustless