English
exhortatory
Exhortatory comes from Late Latin exhortātōrius, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- ‘to yearn for’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰer-‘to yearn for’root as named
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEexhortātōrius
- Englishearliest quotation 1660exhortatory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰer-‘to yearn for’root as named
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEexhortātōrius
- Englishearliest quotation 1660exhortatory
Earliest quotation: 1660, Richard Allestree, Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.: “[…] and therefore we ſee Chriſts words ran not…”
Equivalent to exhort + -atory
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, chromatic, yar, grisly, ochre, grist, grimace, 17 more
Today it means
adj Serving to exhort.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- / exhortatory