Where does “exacervation” come from?
exacervation (English) comes from Latin exacervō, from Latin acervus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.
exacervation (English): The act of heaping up
Ancestry of “exacervation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | exacervō | — |
| 2 | Latin | acervus | mass, heap, pile, stack; treasure; cluster |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eḱ- | sharp |