English
exustion
Exustion comes from Latin exustio ‘burning, scorching’, and goes back to exurere ‘to burn up’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexurere‘to burn up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexustio‘burning, scorching’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748exustion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexurere‘to burn up’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexustio‘burning, scorching’
- Englishearliest quotation 1748exustion
Earliest quotation: 1748, William Lewis: “The exustion, here directed to be performed in an…”
A compound of ex ‘out’ + urere ‘to burn’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out’
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex ‘out’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ews- ‘to burn’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éwseti ‘to burn’
Proto-Italic *ouzō
Latin ūrō ‘to burn’
Every English word from Latin exurere
Today it means
noun The act or operation of burning up.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exurere / exustion