English
exon
Exon may come from French exempt.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexemptuncertain
- Englishtodayexon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentexemptuncertain
- Englishtodayexon
Linked words
through Latin exemptus ‘removed, banished, exempted’
Today it means
noun An officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French exempt / exon