Where does “esercizio” come from?

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

esercizio (Neapolitan): exercise

Definitions

  1. exercise

Ancestry of “esercizio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianesercizioexercise
2Latinexercitiumexercise, practice
3LatinexerceoI keep busy, keep at work, drive on; occupy,...
4LatinarceoI shut up, enclose; box in; I keep off, ward off;...
5Proto-Italicarkeōto contain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erk-to protect, guard, hold, lock
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂erk- →Every word from Proto-Italic arkeō →Every word from Latin arceo →