NODE / 0986attestedLatin

ex

TRANSLITERATION ex

out of; from

DATE: Latin antiquity
SENSE: out of prefix
FAMILY: Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY: node:9:ex:attested:sense:out-of-prefix

The prefix component of Medieval Latin exhumare.

ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.

No securely reviewed ancestor extends beyond this node. 1 evidence path stops at this boundary.

INSPECT 1 CITED BOUNDARY CLAIM

GO DEEPERknowledge boundaryboundary

Beyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Latin ex component · exhume ex boundary

UNKNOWN

No deeper parent is promoted for ex- in this dossier.

SOUND: No deeper parent is promoted for ex- from the reviewed exhume source.
MEANING: The prefix branch reaches an explicit evidence boundary.
SCHOLAR: SET-U editorial boundary · Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE: boundary — Only the compound structure required by the headword source is asserted.

Exhume — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsExhume etymology identifies ex but supplies no deeper prefix history

Defines the reviewed component boundary.

ORIGINAL ↗

OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 989 ↗

DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

DESCENDANTcompound componentestablished

Medieval Latin · Medieval Latin · out of earth verb

exhumare

to remove from the earth

SOUND: Medieval Latin exhumare contains Latin ex, out of, beside humus, earth.
MEANING: The prefix supplies removal away from or out of the earth.
CHRONOLOGY: A morphological structure inside Medieval Latin.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Exhume — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology: Latin ex out of plus humus earth

Publishes the prefix component.

ORIGINAL ↗

OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 988 ↗

TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES: 3
REVIEWED EDGES: 3
DEEPEST PATH: 3
MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED: 1

exhume3 connected nodes

HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE

STEP 01compound componentestablished

Latinex→Medieval Latin · Medieval Latinexhumareto remove from the earth

SOUND: Medieval Latin exhumare contains Latin ex, out of, beside humus, earth.
MEANING: The prefix supplies removal away from or out of the earth.

Merriam-Webster Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 988 ↗

Exhume — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology: Latin ex out of plus humus earth ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE

STEP 02borrowingestablished

Medieval Latinexhumare→Middle English · Middle Englishexhumeremove from burial

SOUND: Middle English borrows Medieval Latin exhumare with minimal written reshaping.
MEANING: The literal removal-from-earth sense is retained.

Merriam-Webster Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 952 ↗

Exhume — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology: Middle English from Medieval Latin exhumare ↗

HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE

STEP 03continuationestablished

Middle Englishexhume→Present-Day English · 15th century–todayexhumeremove from burial; recover from obscurity

SOUND: Middle English exhume continues into modern exhume with later pronunciation standardization.
MEANING: Physical removal from burial remains primary while recovery from obscurity develops figuratively.

Merriam-Webster Editors1 CITATIONEDGE 951 ↗

Exhume — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word history and first known use: 15th century ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.

The reviewed graph does not yet attach a source-reported or directly inspected witness to this canonical form.

EDITORIAL REUSE

ex