exercitus
Latin
part
Definitions
- occupied, exercised, practised
- vexed, harassed
- vexatious, severe
- disciplined
Etymology
Affix from Latin arceō (ward off, keep off, enclose, protect, guard, I ward off) inherited from Proto-Italic *arkeō derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (guard, protect, hold, shut in), *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
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coerce English
- coercion English
- Lupercus Latin
- Orcus Latin
- abarceo Latin
- arca Latin
- arcanus Latin
- arceo Latin
- arcera Latin
- arceō Latin
- arcānus Latin
- arx Latin
- coerceo Latin
- exerceo Latin
- exercitium Latin
- exercitāre Latin
- exercitātiōnem Latin
- porceo Latin
- esercito Italian
- ejército Spanish, Castilian
- exército Spanish, Castilian
- ἀρκέω Ancient Greek
- *h₂erk- Proto-Indo-European
- antiexército Portuguese
- exército Portuguese
- عسكر Arabic
- exèrcit Catalan, Valencian
- exército Galician
- ارگ Persian
- *arkeō Proto-Italic
- *pe-arkō, *pearkō Proto-Italic
- exército Ladino
- איגזירסיטו Ladino