Where does “excitive” come from?
excitive (English) comes from English excite, from Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō, from Latin excieo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
excitive (English): excited; Serving or tending to excite;...
Definitions
- excited; Serving or tending to excite;...
Ancestry of “excitive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | excite | To stir the emotions of; To arouse or bring out ;... |
| 2 | Middle English | exciten | — |
| 3 | Old French | exciter | — |
| 4 | Latin | excitō | — |
| 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 | — |
| 10 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 11 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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... |