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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | excitability | The state of being excitable; A measure of how... |
| 2 | English | excite | To stir the emotions of; To arouse or bring out ;... |
| 3 | Middle English | exciten | — |
| 4 | Old French | exciter | — |
| 5 | Latin | excitō | — |
| 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 | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 | — |