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exclusivus

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Pronunciation

  • Classical: [ɛk.skɫuːˈsiː.wʊs][1]
  • Ecclesiastical: [ek.skluˈs̬iː.vus][1]

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]

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