Exuberant
/ɪɡˈzjuː.bər.ənt/noun
Full of energy, excitement, or lively abundance.
Did you know?Exuberant comes from Latin exuberare, originally used for plants and fruit that were so abundant they seemed to spill over, not for human emotion at all.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰer-
“to carry, bear, produce”
Latin
Latin
uber
“fertile, fruitful; udder”
Classical Latin
Latin
exuberare
“to be abundant, overflow, grow luxuriantly”
Late Latin
Latin
exuberantem
“overflowing, abundant”
Middle French
Old French
exuberant
“abundant, overflowing”
16th Century
English
exuberant
“overflowing with abundance; later, full of lively energy”