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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word
ALACRITY. Etymology of the word
ALACRITY.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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ALACRITY,
briskness. (Lat.) Sir T. More has alacritie, Works, p.
75 b. [The word must have been borrowed directly from the Latin,
the termination being determined by analogy with such words as bounty
(from O.F. bonte, bontet, Lat. acc. bonitatem).
This we know because the O.F. form was alaigreté, which see in Cotgrave;
the form alacrité being modern.]—Lat. acc.
alacritatem, nom. alacritas, briskness.—Lat.
alacer, brisk. Perhaps from ✔AL, to drive,
Fick, i. 500; he compares Gk. ὲλαύνειν,
ύλάειν, to drive; Goth.
al-jan,
zeal. ¶
The Ital. allegro is likewise from the Lat. alacer.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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