Medieval Latin exhumare is formed on Latin humus beside the prefix ex-.
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exhumare
to remove from the earth
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin · earth soilhumus
earth; soil
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Earth supplies the burial-ground object from which something is removed.
A morphological structure, not a claim that English humus donated exhume.
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Exhume — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology: Latin ex out of plus humus earth
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