exhaustiveness

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Scrabble points: 27
Words With Friends: 29
Letters: 14

Pronunciation

/ɛɡˈzɔː.stɪv.nəs/(UK)

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/ɛɡˈzɔː.stɪv.nəs/(UK) · /ɛɡˈzɑ.stɪv.nəs/(US)

Definition of exhaustiveness

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(uncountable)The state of being exhaustive.

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Etymology

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin exhaustīvusbor. English exhaustive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English exhaustiveness From exhaustive + -ness.

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