Etymograph

English

exuviate

Exuviate comes from Latin exuviae ‘what is shed’, from exuō ‘cast off, strip’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew- ‘to perceive, see, to be aware of’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ew-‘to perceive, see, to be aware of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*owō‘to put on’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*uō‘to put on’reconstructed
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexuō‘cast off, strip’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexuviae‘what is shed’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1996exuviate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃ew-‘to perceive, see, to be aware of’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*owō‘to put on’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*uō‘to put on’reconstructed
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexuō‘cast off, strip’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexuviae‘what is shed’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1996exuviate

Earliest quotation: 1996, Rolf Ludvigsen: “Like any arthropod encased in a rigid exoskeleton, a…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew-

Today it means

verb To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃ew- / exuviate

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