English
hortatory
Hortatory comes from Latin hortor ‘encourage’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- ‘to yearn for’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰer-‘to yearn for’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhortor‘encourage’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hortatoire
- Englishearliest quotation 1907hortatory
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰer-‘to yearn for’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhortor‘encourage’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600hortatoire
- Englishearliest quotation 1907hortatory
Earliest quotation: 1907, Henry Sidgwick, The Methods of Ethics: “For here as in other points the development of…”
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, 16 more
through Latin hortor ‘encourage’
Today it means
adj Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- / hortatory