exerceo

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I keep busy, keep at work, drive on; occupy, practise, employ, exercise (something in a form of action)
  • I harass, worry
  • I oversee, superintend, operate
  • I work (at)
  • (reflexive) I train, I exercise e.g., for a race or sport

Etymology

Affix from Latin arceō (ward off, keep off, enclose, protect, guard, I ward off) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (guard, protect, hold, shut in).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂erk-

Gloss

guard, protect, hold, shut in

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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