Etymograph

English

exoration

Exoration comes from Latin exōrātiō ‘petition, prayer’, from exōrō ‘persuade, win over, beg, plead, entreat’, and ultimately from ōrō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrō‘orate, plead, beg, pray, entreat’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexōrō‘persuade, win over, beg, plead, entreat’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexōrātiō‘petition, prayer’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1858exoration

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEōrō‘orate, plead, beg, pray, entreat’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexōrō‘persuade, win over, beg, plead, entreat’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexōrātiō‘petition, prayer’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1858exoration

Earliest quotation: 1858, The Train: “At first, the maid used to give him a…”

Formed from ex-

Proto-Indo-European *eǵ-

Latin ex ‘out of, from’

English ex-

Linked words

through Latin ōrō ‘orate, plead, beg, pray, entreat’

prose, oracle, orator, 11 more

through Latin exōrō ‘persuade, win over, beg, plead, entreat’

inexorable, 1 more

Today it means

noun entreaty

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin ōrō / exoration

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