Where does “alacrity” come from?
Alacrity comes from Latin alacritas, derived from the adjective alacer with the suffix -tus, both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -teh₂ and -tós.
alacrity (English): Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm; Promptness;...
Definitions
- Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm; Promptness;...
Ancestry of “alacrity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | alacrite | alacrity |
| 2 | Latin | alacritās | cheerfulness, liveliness, gaiety, animation |
| 3 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |