Cohortative
/koʊˈhɔːr.tə.tɪv/noun
Expressing an exhortation or encouragement to act, especially in grammar.
Did you know?Cohortative comes from the same Latin root as *exhort* and *hortatory*, all tied to *hortari*, meaning “to urge” or “incite,” so the word’s history is basically a linguistic push to move.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
hortari
“to urge, encourage, incite”
Latin
Latin
cohortari
“to encourage strongly, exhort”
Late 19th Century
English
cohortative
“pertaining to exhortation; in grammar, expressing a first-person exhortation or encouragement”
Modern English
English
cohortative
“expressing or relating to exhortation or encouragement to act”