Etymograph

English

stimulation

Stimulation comes from Latin stimulātiō ‘a pricking on, incitement, stimulation’, from stimulō ‘urge on, goad on’, and ultimately from stimulus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulus‘a goad, prick’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulō‘urge on, goad on’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulātiō‘a pricking on, incitement, stimulation’
  4. Englishtodaystimulation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulus‘a goad, prick’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulō‘urge on, goad on’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEstimulātiō‘a pricking on, incitement, stimulation’
  4. Englishtodaystimulation

Formed from stimulate + -ion

Latin stimulus ‘a goad, prick’

Latin stimulo ‘to urge, goad on’

Latin stimulatus ‘stimulated’

English stimulate

Every English word from Latin stimulus

Today it means

noun A pushing or goading toward action.

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

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