Etymology

arousal

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Today it means: The act of arousing or the state of being aroused. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English arouse ← Middle English rousen
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ud-s-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂u-s-?
  3. Proto-Germanic*uz-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*uʀ-
  5. Old Englishar-
  6. Old Englishā-
  7. Middle Englisha-
  8. Englisha-
  9. Middle Englishrousen
  10. Englishrouse
  11. Englisharouse
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. English todayarousal

From arouse + -al.

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