Issue
/ˈɪʃ.uː/noun
A topic or problem for discussion, or the act of coming out or being distributed.
Did you know?In older English and French, an “issue” was literally an exit or a flowing-out, and that same root also gave English words tied to going, coming, and attacking.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
exīre
“to go out”
Late Latin
Latin
exitus
“a going out, exit, outcome”
Old French
Old French
issue
“a going out, exit; offspring; result”
Middle English
English
issuen
“to go out; to come forth; to flow out”
Modern English
English
issue
“a matter under discussion; a result; something distributed or released”