Where does “alacrious” come from?

alacrious (English) comes from Latin alacer — lively, brisk, quick, eager, active, peppy,...

alacrious (English): Lively and joyfully involved

Definitions

  1. Lively and joyfully involved

Ancestry of “alacrious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinalacerlively, brisk, quick, eager, active, peppy,...

Words derived from “alacrious

Every word from Latin alacer