English
exhortative
Exhortative comes from Latin exhortātus ‘having exhorted, encouraged’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- ‘to yearn for’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰer-‘to yearn for’next step skipped: Latin exhortor
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhortātus‘having exhorted, encouraged’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhortātīvus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500exhortatyf
- Englishearliest quotation 1994exhortative
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰer-‘to yearn for’next step skipped: Latin exhortor
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhortātus‘having exhorted, encouraged’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhortātīvus
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500exhortatyf
- Englishearliest quotation 1994exhortative
Earliest quotation: 1994, Hein van der Voort, A grammar of Kwaza: “In sections (5.2.7-10.) three special prohibitive moods were identified…”
Equivalent to exhort + -ative
Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- ‘to yearn for’
Latin hortor ‘to incite, spur’
Latin exhortārī ‘to encourage’
Old French exhorter
Middle English exorten
English exhort
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- ‘to yearn for’
grand, grill, greedy, grit, charismatic, growl, grime, yearn, grout, yar, grisly, ochre, grist, chromatic, grimace, 17 more
Today it means
adj Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- / exhortative