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Where does “exultant” come from?

Exultant comes from Latin exsultantem, the present participle of exsulto, from ex and Proto-Indo-European ser-.

exultant (English): Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat...

Definitions

  1. Very happy, especially at someone else's defeat...

Ancestry of “exultant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexsultansleaping up; exulting in, rejoicing; revelling
2Latinexsultō—
3Latinsaltō—
4Latinsaliō—
5Latinsāl—
6Proto-Italicsāls—
7Proto-Indo-European*sḗh₂l—

Words derived from “exultant”

  • exultantly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l →