The story
- Proto-West Germanic · derived from*sunnju“care, need”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromexoniō
- Old French · derived fromessoignier
- Middle English · inherited fromessoyne
- English todayessoin
Inherited from Middle English essoyne, from Old French essoignier, from Medieval Latin exoniō, essoniō (“excuse oneself; accept an excuse”), from ex- + sonium + -ō, sonium being from Proto-West Germanic *sunnju (“care, need”).
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchessoignier all →
essoiner
Proto-West Germanic*sunnju all →
sin
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.