English
adhortation
Adhortation comes from Latin adhortatio ‘exhortation’, from adhortor ‘to advise’, and ultimately from hortor ‘encourage’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhortor‘encourage’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadhortoras adhortari‘to advise’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadhortatio‘exhortation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1577adhortation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhortor‘encourage’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadhortoras adhortari‘to advise’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadhortatio‘exhortation’
- Englishearliest quotation 1577adhortation
Earliest quotation: 1577, Henry Peacham: “The use of this figure is great, and often…”
Linked words
through Latin hortor ‘encourage’
Today it means
noun advice; exhortation
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin hortor / adhortation