The story
- Latin · derived fromexōrātiōnem“petition, prayer”
- English todayexoration
From Latin exōrātiōnem (“petition, prayer”) (whence ex- + and -ation), from exōrō (“persuade, win over, beg, plead, entreat”), from ōrō (“orate, plead, beg, pray, entreat”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.