English
excarnificate
Excarnificate comes from Latin ex ‘out’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eǵʰs1‘out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eks1reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex2‘out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1664excarnificate2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin ex
- 2 Wiktionary, English excarnificate
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1664, Henry More, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for W[illiam] Morden […]: “VVhat ſhall vve ſay to the multitudes of thoſe…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eǵʰsWiktionary, Latin ex‘out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksWiktionary, Latin exreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexWiktionary, English excarnificate‘out’
- Englishearliest quotation 1664excarnificateWiktionary, English excarnificate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1664, Henry More, London: […] J[ames] Flesher for W[illiam] Morden […]: “VVhat ſhall vve ſay to the multitudes of thoſe…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out’
through Proto-Italic *eks
elevator, elevation, expulsion, elevate, 16 more
through Latin ex ‘out’
ex, exchange, squash, extort, affray, extenuating, enunciation, excommunicate, 10 more
Today it means
verb To strip (something or someone) of flesh, perhaps as a form of torture.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “excarnificate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin ex. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs / excarnificate