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Where does “exciten” come from?

exciten (Middle English) comes from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō, from Latin excieo, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — resin.

Ancestry of “exciten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchexciter—
2Latinexcitō—
3LatinexcieoAlternative form of exciō; call out, arouse,...
4Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
5LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicō—
8Latincommūnis—
9Old Latincom(m)oinis—
10Proto-Italickommoinis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin

Words derived from “exciten”

  • excitement
  • exciting
  • excite
  • excitable
  • excitability
  • exciton
  • exciter
  • unexciting
  • excitonic
  • hyperexcitability
  • excitingly
  • overexcitability
  • unexcitable
  • overexcitement
  • biexciton
  • hyperexcitable
  • inexcitable
  • excitably
  • overexcite
  • inexcitability
  • overexcitable
  • excitonically
  • excitableness
  • hypoexcitability
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