Translation
to exhaust, to use up; to exhaust a subject, to treat fully
Word origin
A genuine build: el ('out of') plus ĉerpi ('to draw, to scoop'), which comes from German schöpfen. So elĉerpi is literally to scoop something out until nothing is left, which is exactly what English exhaust does from Latin exhaurire, to draw out.
- Origin
- German, with the Esperanto prefix el-
- Root
- el- + ĉerpi
- English cognates
- exhaust
Examples
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We used up our money in one week.
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The long road exhausted even the strongest.
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That book covers the subject exhaustively.
Take the seam apart and the word teaches itself: is to draw water from a well, - is out, and is to draw it out until the well is dry. From there it goes everywhere English exhaust goes: money, patience, supplies, a topic. The participle does the work you would expect too, so covers both a shattered person and a sold-out concert.
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