haust
Latindraw out, exhaust
Variants:hausthaus
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From Latin haurīre (to draw out, drain), past participle haustum. In English it appears almost exclusively through exhaust and its derivatives (exhausted, exhausting, exhaustion, exhaustive). The prefix ex- (out) + haust (draw) gives the sense of completely draining — whether energy, resources, or possibilities.
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