Where does “unexcitable” come from?
unexcitable (English) comes from English excitable, from English excite, from Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō, from Latin excieo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e.
unexcitable (English): Not excitable, not easily excited; Not capable of...
Definitions
- Not excitable, not easily excited; Not capable of...
Ancestry of “unexcitable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | excitable | Easily excited; Able to be promoted to an excited... |
| 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 | — |