Where does “exciplex” come from?
exciplex (English) comes from English excited, from English excite, from Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō, from Latin excieo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
exciplex (English): Any complex or heteronuclear molecule existing in an excited state, that is dissociated in the ground state
Definitions
- Any complex or heteronuclear molecule existing in an excited state, that is dissociated in the ground state
Ancestry of “exciplex”, step by step
exciplex traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English excited
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | excited | Having great enthusiasm; Being in a state of... |
| 2 | English | excite | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement |
| 3 | Middle English | exciten | — |
| 4 | Old French | exciter | — |
| 5 | Latin | excitō | to call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon |
| 6 | Latin | excieo | Alternative form of exciō; call out, arouse,... |
| 7 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 8 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English complex
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | complex | Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple;... |
| 2 | French | complexe | complex |
| 3 | Latin | complexus | embraced; surrounded; An embrace |
| 4 | Latin | complector | I embrace or hug; I encircle; I include or... |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | -dō | to put |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -dô | — |
| 8 | Sicilian | di | Used to indicate possession, after the thing owned and before the owner; of; ’s |
| 9 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 10 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 11 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |