myEtymology.com: English etymology of exonerated

Etymology of the English word exonerated

the English word exonerated

derived from the English word exonerate

derived from the Late Latin word exoneratio

derived from the Latin word exonerare (unload, disburden, discharge)

using the Latin prefix ex-

derived from the Late Latin word ex (out)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *eghs

derived from the Latin word onerare (load, burden; oppress)

derived from the Latin word onus (load, burden; cargo)