Where does βexhilarativeβ come from?
exhilarative (English) comes from English exhilarate, from Latin exhilaro, from Latin hilaro, from Latin o, from Etruscan π, from Ancient Greek ΞΏ, from Phoenician π€, from Egyptian πΉ.
exhilarative (English): exhilarating
Definitions
- exhilarating
Ancestry of βexhilarativeβ, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exhilarate | To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy;... |
| 2 | Latin | exhilaro | I gladden, cheer; I rejoice, delight, exhilarate |
| 3 | Latin | hilaro | I gladden, cheer, make cheerful |
| 4 | Latin | o | The name of the letter "O"; o!; oh! |
| 5 | Etruscan | π | β |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ΞΏ | Lower-case omicron (α½ ΞΌΞΉΞΊΟΟΞ½), the 15th letter of the ancient Greek alphabet. It represented the close-mid back rounded vowel. It is preceded by ΞΎ and followed by Ο |
| 7 | Phoenician | π€ | ayin; ΚΏayin |
| 8 | Egyptian | πΉ | β |