Where does “overexcited” come from?
overexcited (English) comes from English overexcite, from English excite, from Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō, from Latin excieo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e.
overexcited (English): Excessively excited
Definitions
- Excessively excited
Ancestry of “overexcited”, step by step
overexcited traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English overexcite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overexcite | To excite to an excessive degree |
| 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 | — |