exclusivus

Forms

exclūsīvus (feminine exclūsīva, neuter exclūsīvum); first/second-declension adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is formed in Medieval Latin, from Latin exclūsus + -īvus,^[1][2] from the past participle of exclūdō (“to shut out”).^[1][2]

Earliest recorded meaning

In the 13th century Albertus Magnus uses it for what excludes, chiefly in logic.^[3]

Semantic evolution

In logic an exclusive word or proposition excluded everything but what it named.^[3][4] Medical writers used it of a remedy that expels wind,^[3] and in British documents it meant “not counted”, of days at the end of a period, and was used of rent.^[4] The adverb exclūsīvē meant “except, excluding”.^[3][5] English borrowed it as exclusive.^[2]

Timeline

• 13th century – Albertus Magnus uses it in logic.^[3][6]
• 1342 – A Scottish exchequer roll uses it in connection with rent.^[4]
• mid-15th century – English exclusive is first found, as an adverb “so as to exclude”.^[2]

Meanings

Adjective

1. (Medieval Latin) That excludes, exclusive.^[3][4][5]
2. (Medieval Latin, logic) Excluding everything but what is specified.^[4][3]
3. (Medieval Latin, medicine) Expelling, purging.^[3]
4. (Medieval Latin) Not counted (of the first or last day of a period).^[4]

Related words

• English exclusive

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
3. ^ a b c d e f g h Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c d e f Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
5. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
6. ^ Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de