English
exulceration
Exulceration comes from Latin exulceratio ‘soreness, festering, exulceration’, from exulcerō ‘to cause to suppurate or ulcerate’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁élḱos‘sore, ulcer’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*elkosreconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCE*olcosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEulcus‘sore, ulcer, wound’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEulcerō‘to make sore’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexulcerō‘to cause to suppurate or ulcerate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexulceratio‘soreness, festering, exulceration’
- Englishearliest quotation 1594exulceration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁élḱos‘sore, ulcer’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*elkosreconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCE*olcosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEulcus‘sore, ulcer, wound’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEulcerō‘to make sore’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexulcerō‘to cause to suppurate or ulcerate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexulceratio‘soreness, festering, exulceration’
- Englishearliest quotation 1594exulceration
Earliest quotation: 1594, Richard Hooker: “Which exulceration of mind made him apt to take…”
The story
Latin exulceratio: compare French exulcération.
Linked words
through Latin ulcus ‘sore, ulcer, wound’
Today it means
noun ulceration
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁élḱos / exulceration