Where does “alacriter” come from?

alacriter (Latin) comes from Latin -ter, from Proto-Indo-European -teros — Contrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix.

alacriter (Latin): eagerly; joyfully; with relish or alacrity

Definitions

  1. eagerly; joyfully; with relish or alacrity

Ancestry of “alacriter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ter-ly
2Proto-Indo-European-terosContrastive or oppositional adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -teros →Every word from Latin -ter →