Etymograph

English

exiguousness

From exiguous + -ness.

A compound of exiguous + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’

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Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

Latin agō ‘to drive’

Latin exigō ‘to measure against a standard’

Latin exiguus ‘strict, exact’

English exiguous

Today it means

noun The quality of being meagre or scanty.

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

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