Exhaustion
/ɪɡˈzɔːs.tʃən/noun
A state of extreme physical or mental fatigue.
Did you know?Exhaustion ultimately comes from Latin exhaurire, “to draw out, drain,” built from ex- (“out”) + haurire (“to draw water”), so the word began as a literal act of emptying a vessel.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*seh₂- / *sō-
“to draw, pull”
Latin
Latin
haurīre
“to draw water, dip up, drain”
Latin
Latin
exhaurīre
“to drain out, empty completely”
Old French
Old French
exhaustion
“the act of draining out; depletion”
Middle English
English
exhaustioun
“the act of exhausting or expending”
Modern English
English
exhaustion
“extreme fatigue or depletion”