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Where does “adhortative” come from?

adhortative (English) comes from English adhort, from Latin adhortor, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

adhortative (English): Relating to the giving of advice; tending to...

Definitions

  1. Relating to the giving of advice; tending to...

Ancestry of “adhortative”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishadhortTo exhort; to advise
2LatinadhortorI encourage, rouse, stimulate, rally, urge or...
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →