English
exert
Exert comes from Latin exsertus ‘stretched or thrust out’, from serō ‘to string together’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to flow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ser-‘to flow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séretireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serō‘to join, bind, link’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserō‘to string together’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexserō‘to stretch or thrust forth or out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsertus‘stretched or thrust out’past participle of exserō
- Englishearliest quotation 1963exert
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ser-‘to flow’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*séretireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*serō‘to join, bind, link’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEserō‘to string together’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexserō‘to stretch or thrust forth or out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsertus‘stretched or thrust out’past participle of exserō
- Englishearliest quotation 1963exert
Earliest quotation: 1963, Margery Allingham, London: Chatto & Windus: “Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ser- ‘to flow’
service, sort, stream, serve, conservative, hero, reservoir, sermon, conservatism, heresy, concierge, sorcery, sorcerer, observant, servitude, assertive, heretic, sark, conservator, strudel, servile, serf, 33 more
through Proto-Italic *serō ‘to join, bind, link’
through Latin serō ‘to string together’
season, series, serial, desert, insert, soiree, soirée, sere, cerrado, 9 more
Today it means
verb To make use of, to apply, especially of something nonmaterial; to bring to bear.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ser- / exert