Etymograph

English

exigible

Exigible comes from Late Latin exigō ‘exact, execute’, from Latin agō ‘to drive’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to drive’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEexigō‘exact, execute’
  6. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEexigibilis
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600exigible
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘to drive’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEexigō‘exact, execute’
  6. Late Latin, derivedc. 200–600 CEexigibilis
  7. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600exigible
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’

suggest, register, essay, acre, gesture, congestion, digest, agrarian, progesterone, gestation, ingestion, belligerent, ingest, agitate, axiomatic, agger, samaj, gerund, gestion, 127 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’

strategy, agony, antagonist, reactionary, antagonism, agonist, axiom, antagonize, stratagem, glucagon, agonize, 101 more

through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

reaction, actively, transaction, radioactive, inactive, retroactive, reagent, hyperactivity, unambiguous, ambiguously, 79 more

through Latin agō ‘to drive’

act, action, active, agency, activity, actual, agent, actor, agenda, examination, examine, activate, squat, enact, ambiguous, ambiguity, agility, agitation, agile, radium, actuator, cogent, actuation, actuate, inexact, redact, 96 more

through Late Latin exigō ‘exact, execute’

exact, assay, exigent, 8 more

Today it means

adj That may be exacted; demandable; requirable.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / exigible

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