English
exacerbatory
From exacerbate + -ory.
Formed from exacerbate + -ory
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- ‘sharp’
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Latin acerbus ‘harsh, bitter, unripe, sour, premature, not…’
Latin acerbō ‘to make harsh or bitter, embitter’
Latin exacerbō ‘to provoke’
Latin exacerbātus ‘exasperated’
English exacerbate
Today it means
adj serving to exacerbate
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / exacerbatory