Etymology of the English word exhume
the English word
exhumederived from the Medieval Latin word
exhumareusing the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Latin word
humare (inter, bury)
derived from the Latin word
humus (ground, soil, earth)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhghem-Date
The earliest known usage of exhume in English dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in English
exhumed,
exhumingCognates
French
exhumer, German
exhumieren, Norwegian
ekshumereUsage
Word found in Modern English
