## Etymology
From Latin exemplar ('a model, pattern, copy'), from exemplum ('example, sample'), from eximere ('to take out'), from ex- ('out') + emere ('to take, buy').

## AI Etymology
Exemplar is from Latin exemplar ('a model, pattern, copy'), from exemplum ('example, sample'), from eximere ('to take out'), from ex- ('out') + emere ('to take, buy'). Important recorded forms include exemplar (Latin), exemplum (Latin), and emere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person or thing serving as a typical or ideal model. The wider family includes derived forms such as exemplary and related words such as example, exemplify, and exemplification.

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