exhort

The story

1. Latin · derived fromexhortārī“to encourage”
2. Old French · derived fromexhorter
3. Middle English · inherited fromexorten
4. English todayexhort

From Middle English exorten, from Old French exhorter, from Latin exhortārī (“to encourage”), from ex- (“out of, from”) + hortārī (“to incite, spur”).