English
exeme
Exeme comes from Latin eximō ‘to take out, take away, remove or extract’, from emō ‘to buy, purchase’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-1‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émeti1reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emō1‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemō1‘to buy, purchase’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeximō2as eximĕre‘to take out, take away, remove or extract’
- Englishtodayexeme2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin eximo
- 2 Wiktionary, English exeme
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁em-Wiktionary, Latin eximo‘to take’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁émetiWiktionary, Latin eximoreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*emōWiktionary, Latin eximo‘to take’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEemōWiktionary, Latin eximo‘to buy, purchase’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeximōWiktionary, English exemeas eximĕre‘to take out, take away, remove or extract’
- EnglishtodayexemeWiktionary, English exeme
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- ‘to take’
exempt, pomade, pommel, 53 more
through Proto-Italic *emō ‘to take’
assume, presume, sumptuous, 44 more
through Latin emō ‘to buy, purchase’
consumer, premium, assumption, resume, ransom, consume, redemption, redeem, consumable, preemption, overconsumption, emptor, 39 more
through Latin eximō ‘to take out, take away, remove or extract’
example, sample, exemption, exemplary, exemplify, exemplar, 3 more
Today it means
verb To release; to exempt.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “exeme”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin eximo. 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 *h₁em- / exeme