Where does “stimulatory” come from?
Stimulatory derives from English stimulate plus the suffix -y, from Latin stimulāre meaning "to prick or goad," itself from stimulus meaning "goad or incentive."
stimulatory (English): stimulative; serving to stimulate
Definitions
- stimulative; serving to stimulate
Ancestry of “stimulatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | stimulate | To encourage into action; To arouse an organism... |
| 2 | Latin | stimulātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | stimulō | — |
| 4 | Latin | stimulus | a goad, prick; a sting; stimulus, incentive |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | stey- | to stick; compress; condense |
Words derived from “stimulatory”