cit
to summon, rouse, call
Latin · citare / ciere
Latin citare 'to summon, call' and ciere 'to set in motion'. Cit words are about calling up or stirring: cite calls a source to witness, excite stirs up, incite urges on, resuscitate rouses back to life.
Memory trick
A CITation CALLS a name up: CIT always calls or stirs something.
Words from this root
- cite (cite) — to quote as evidenceहवाला देना
- reciter (re + cit + er) — one who recites aloudपाठ करने वाला
- excite (ex + cite) — to stir up feelingउत्तेजित करना
- excitement (excite + ment) — great stirred-up feelingउत्साह, उत्तेजना
- overexcite (over + excite) — to excite too muchज़्यादा उत्तेजित करना
- unexcited (un + excited) — calm, not stirred upशांत, उत्साहहीन
- incite (in + cite) — to urge to actभड़काना
- incitement (incite + ment) — urging to actionउकसावा
- solicit (soli + cit) — to ask for earnestlyविनती करके माँगना
- solicitor (solicit + or) — a lawyer who gives adviceवकील, कानूनी सलाहकार
- solicitous (solicit + ous) — anxiously caringचिंतित, परवाह करने वाला
- resuscitate (re + sus + cit + ate) — to bring back to lifeदोबारा होश में लाना