Where does “overexuberance” come from?
overexuberance (English) comes from English exuberance, from French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia, from Latin exuberare, from Latin exubero, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
overexuberance (English): Excessive exuberance
Ancestry of “overexuberance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | exuberance | The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or... |
| 2 | French | exubérance | exuberance |
| 3 | Latin | exuberantia | nominative neuter plural of exūberāns; accusative... |
| 4 | Latin | exuberare | present active infinitive of exūberō;... |
| 5 | Latin | exubero | I abound or flourish; am abundant or fruitful |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |