exhausting

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exhausting

  • /ɪɡˈzɔ(ː)stɪŋ/

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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 *auziō

Latin hauriō

Latin exhauriō

Latin exhaustusder.

English exhaust

English -ing

English exhausting

From exhaust + -ing.

adjective more exhausting · most exhausting

  1. Very tiring. This task is exhausting!

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of exhaust

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