excite

The story

1. Latin · derived fromexcitō“to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”
2. Old French · derived fromexciter
3. Middle English · inherited fromexciten
4. English todayexcite

From Middle English exciten, from Old French exciter, from Latin excitō (“to call out, call forth, arouse, wake up, stimulate”), frequentative of excieō (“to call out, arouse, excite”), from ex (“out”) + cieō (“to call, summon”). See cite and compare to accite, concite, incite.