English
exuvial
Exuvial comes from Latin exuviae ‘what is stripped’, and goes back to exuo.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexuo‘shed, strip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexuviae‘what is stripped’
- Englishtodayexuvial
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexuo‘shed, strip’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexuviae‘what is stripped’
- Englishtodayexuvial
Every English word from Latin exuo
Today it means
adj Related to something sloughed off or stripped away.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exuo / exuvial