English
exsuscitate
Exsuscitate comes from Latin exsuscitatus, from ex ‘out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eǵʰs‘out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex‘out’next step skipped: Latin exsuscitō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsuscitatus
- Englishearliest quotation 1663exsuscitate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁eǵʰs‘out’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEex‘out’next step skipped: Latin exsuscitō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsuscitatus
- Englishearliest quotation 1663exsuscitate
Earliest quotation: 1663, Cyprien de Gamaches: “our Lord would exsuscitate and renew the memory”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out’
through Proto-Italic *eks
elevator, elevation, expulsion, elevate, 16 more
through Latin ex ‘out’
exchange, ex, squash, extort, affray, extenuating, enunciation, excommunicate, 10 more
Today it means
verb To rouse; to excite.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs / exsuscitate