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

  1. To urge; to advise earnestly

Ancestry of “exhort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchexhorter—
2Latinexhortārī—
3Latinhortaripresent active infinitive of hortor; to incite,...
4Latinhoripresent active infinitive of horior; to urge

Words derived from “exhort”

Every word from Latin hori →Every word from Latin hortari →Every word from Latin exhortārī →