Etymology

excellence

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Today it means: The quality of being excellent; brilliance Full definition →

Middle English excellence ← Old French excellence ← Latin excellentia
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  1. Latin · derived fromexcellentia
  2. Old French · derived fromexcellence
  3. Middle English · inherited fromexcellence
  4. English todayexcellence

From Middle English excellence, from Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.

Words from the same roots

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