Etymology

exhortation

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Today it means: The act or practice of exhorting. Full definition →

Middle English exhortacioun ← Old French exhortacion ← Latin exhortātiōnem
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  1. Latin · derived fromexhortātiōnem
  2. Old French · derived fromexhortacion
  3. Middle English · inherited fromexhortacioun
  4. English todayexhortation

From Middle English exhortacioun, from Old French exhortacion, from Latin exhortātiōnem, accusative singular of exhortātiō (“encouraging; exhortation”), from exhortor (“to encourage, exhort”), from ex (“out of, from”) + hortor (“encourage”). By surface analysis, exhort + -ation.

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