Where does “acerbity” come from?
Acerbity comes from French acerbité, from Latin acerbitas, from Latin acerbus meaning sharp or sour, from Latin acer, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱrós, ultimately from the root h₂eḱ-.
acerbity (English): Sourness of taste, with bitterness and...
Definitions
- Sourness of taste, with bitterness and...
Ancestry of “acerbity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | acerbité | acerbity |
| 2 | Latin | acerbitās | — |
| 3 | Latin | acerbus | harsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not yet... |
| 4 | Latin | ācer | — |
| 5 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 7 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |