英语词汇exhaust的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	exhaust
词源	exhaust v. 1530s, "to draw off or out, to use up completely," from Latin exhaustus, past participle of exhaurire "draw off, take away, use up, empty," from ex "off" (see ex-) + haurire "to draw up" (as water), from PIE heusio- "to scoop." Meaning "make weak or helpless, as by fatigue" is from 1630s. Related: Exhausted; exhausting; exhaustible. exhaust n. "waste gas," 1848, originally from steam engines, from exhaust (v.). In reference to internal combustion engines by 1896. Exhaust pipe, which carries away waste gas or steam from an engine, is by 1849. Entries linking to exhaust* ex- word-forming element, in English meaning usually "out of, from," but also "upwards, completely, deprive of, without," and "former;" from Latin ex "out of, from within; from which time, since; according to; in regard to," from PIE eghs "out" (source also of Gaulish ex-, Old Irish ess-, Old Church Slavonic izu, Russian iz). In some cases also from Greek cognate ex, ek. PIE eghs had comparative form eks-tero and superlative eks-t(e)r-emo-. Often reduced to e- before -b-, -d-, -g-, consonantal -i-, -l-, -m-, -n-, -v- (as in elude, emerge, evaporate, etc.). exhausted adj. mid-17c., "consumed, used up;" of persons, "tired out," past-participle adjective from exhaust (v.). Related: Exhaustedly. ex-exhausted (adj.)exhaustion (n.)exhaustive (adj.)inexhaustible (adj.) updated on June 20, 2021
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