Where does “excitable” come from?
Excitable comes from Middle English -able, Old French -able, Latin -abilis, combining Latin ex- (out) and -abilis (capable of being), literally meaning capable of being driven out.
excitable (English): Easily excited; Able to be promoted to an excited...
Definitions
- Easily excited; Able to be promoted to an excited...
Ancestry of “excitable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | excite | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement |
| 2 | Middle English | exciten | — |
| 3 | Old French | exciter | — |
| 4 | Latin | excitō | to call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon |
| 5 | Latin | excieo | Alternative form of exciō; call out, arouse,... |
| 6 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 7 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |