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Where does “exerceo” come from?

exerceo (Latin) comes from Latin arceo, from Proto-Italic arkeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erk- — to protect, guard, hold, lock.

exerceo (Latin): I keep busy, keep at work, drive on; occupy,...

Definitions

  1. I keep busy, keep at work, drive on; occupy,...

Ancestry of “exerceo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinarceoI shut up, enclose; box in; I keep off, ward off;...
2Proto-Italicarkeō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erk-to protect, guard, hold, lock

Words derived from “exerceo”

  • exercise
  • exercising
  • exercisable
  • exerciser
  • postexercise
  • exerciseth
  • nonexercise
  • exercent
  • overexercise
  • exercisability
  • exercitation
  • nonexercising
  • unexercisable
  • underexercise
  • exercisest
  • nonexerciser
  • nonexercisable
  • ekker
  • exercisible
  • exerciturus
  • exercendus
  • exercitus
  • exercents
  • exercentis
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