English
example
/ɪɡˈzɑːm.pəl/
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
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Origin
From Middle English example, exaumple, from Old French example, essaumple, from Latin exemplum (“sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”, literally “what is taken out”); see exempt. Doublet of exemplum and sample. Displaced native Middle English forebisne, from Old English forebȳsn; and Middle English bisne, from Old English bȳsn (modern English bizen).
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Lineage
- rootProto-Indo-European*h₁em- “to distribute; to take”
- inheritedMiddle Englishexample
- derivedOld Frenchexample
- derivedLatinexemplum “sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”
- derivedLatineximō
- partLatinex “out”
- partLatinemō
- derivedLatineximō
- derivedLatinexemplum “sample, pattern, specimen, copy for imitation, etc.”
- derivedOld Frenchexample
Related: English sample (doublet), English exemplum (doublet)
Sources
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- Wiktionary: example