Where does “exult” come from?

exult (English) comes from Middle French exulter, from Latin exsultō, from Latin saltō, from Latin saliō, from Latin sāl, from Proto-Italic sāls, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l — salt.

exult (English): To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in...

Definitions

  1. To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in...

Ancestry of “exult”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchexulter—
2Latinexsultōto spring vigorously, leap or jump up
3Latinsaltōto dance, jump
4Latinsaliōto leap, jump, bound
5Latinsālsalt
6Proto-Italicsālssalt
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂lsalt

Words derived from “exult”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →Every word from Proto-Italic sāls →Every word from Latin sāl →
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