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Where does “exacerbatory” come from?

exacerbatory (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.

exacerbatory (English): serving to exacerbate

Definitions

  1. serving to exacerbate

Ancestry of “exacerbatory”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexacerbateTo make worse ; aggravate; exasperate
2Latinexacerbatusexasperated
3LatinexacerboI exasperate, irritate, provoke; I aggravate
4Latinacerbō—
5Latinacerbusharsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not yet...
6Latinācer—
7Latinsaccharumsugar
8Ancient Greekσάκχαρsugar; sugar cane
9Sanskritशर्कराgravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or...
10Proto-Indo-AryanśárkaraH—
11Proto-Indo-IranianćárkaraH—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorkeh₂gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel
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