Where does “hyperexcitability” come from?
hyperexcitability (English) comes from English excitability, from English excite, from Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō, from Latin excieo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e.
hyperexcitability (English): hyperactivity; Excessive sensitivity of the...
Definitions
- hyperactivity; Excessive sensitivity of the...
Ancestry of “hyperexcitability”, step by step
hyperexcitability traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English excitability
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | excitability | The state of being excitable; A measure of how... |
| 2 | English | excite | To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement |
| 3 | Middle English | exciten | — |
| 4 | Old French | exciter | — |
| 5 | Latin | excitō | to call forth: to rouse, awaken, summon |
| 6 | Latin | excieo | Alternative form of exciō; call out, arouse,... |
| 7 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 8 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
via English hyper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hyper | hyperactive; energetic; overly diligent;... |