Where does “exacerbator” come from?
exacerbator (English) comes from English exacerbate, from Latin exacerbatus, from Latin exacerbo, from Latin acerbō, from Latin acerbus, from Latin ācer, from Latin saccharum, from Ancient Greek σάκχαρ — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
exacerbator (English): One who, or that which, exacerbates or makes...
Definitions
- One who, or that which, exacerbates or makes...
Ancestry of “exacerbator”, step by step
exacerbator traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exacerbate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exacerbate | To make worse (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling, etc.) |
| 2 | Latin | exacerbatus | exasperated |
| 3 | Latin | exacerbo | I exasperate, irritate, provoke; I aggravate |
| 4 | Latin | acerbō | to make harsh or bitter, embitter |
| 5 | Latin | acerbus | harsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not yet... |
| 6 | Latin | ācer | sharp, sour, bitter, pungent |
| 7 | Latin | saccharum | sugar |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σάκχαρ | sugar; sugar cane |
| 9 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via English OR
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | OR | Inclusive or; either one proposition or the other... |
| 2 | Middle English | ōr | or |
| 3 | Middle French | or | gold |
| 4 | Old French | or | gold; blond color; Alternative form of ore |
| 5 | Latin | aurum | gold; any object made of gold, such as a gold... |
| 6 | Latin | ausum | nominative neuter singular of ausus; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | ausus | dared, having dared, ventured, having ventured,... |
| 8 | Latin | audeō | to dare, venture, risk |
| 9 | Latin | avidus | Greedy, avaricious, covetous; Eager,... |
| 10 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |