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Where does “exertional” come from?

Exertional is derived from exertion, which comes from English exert, ultimately from Latin exserere meaning to thrust out or stretch forth.

exertional (English): Of or pertaining to exertion

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to exertion

Ancestry of “exertional”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishALInitialism of assembly language; Initialism of...
2Dutchalall, all of; already; yet
3Middle Dutchalall, all of; completely; even though, no matter...
4Old Dutchāl—
5Proto-West Germanicallall
6Proto-Germanicallazall
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-—

Words derived from “exertional”

  • postexertional
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →