Etymograph

English

acerbitude

Acerbitude comes from Latin acerbitudo ‘bitterness, harshness’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *akriðos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*akriðosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacerbus‘bitter, severe’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEacerbitudo‘bitterness, harshness’
  4. Englishtodayacerbitude

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*akriðosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEacerbus‘bitter, severe’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEacerbitudo‘bitterness, harshness’
  4. Englishtodayacerbitude

Linked words

through Latin acerbus ‘bitter, severe’

exacerbate, exacerbation, 5 more

Today it means

noun Sourness and harshness; acerbity.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *akriðos / acerbitude

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