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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | exacerbate | To make worse ; aggravate; exasperate |
| 2 | Latin | exacerbatus | exasperated |
| 3 | Latin | exacerbo | I exasperate, irritate, provoke; I aggravate |
| 4 | Latin | acerbō | — |
| 5 | Latin | acerbus | harsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not yet... |
| 6 | Latin | ācer | — |
| 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 |