Where does “exhort” come from?
Exhort comes from Old French exhorter, from Latin exhortor, formed from the prefix ex- meaning "out" and a root derived from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
exhort (English): To urge; to advise earnestly
Definitions
- To urge; to advise earnestly
Ancestry of “exhort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | exhorter | — |
| 2 | Latin | exhortārī | — |
| 3 | Latin | hortari | present active infinitive of hortor; to incite,... |
| 4 | Latin | hori | present active infinitive of horior; to urge |
Words derived from “exhort”