Etymology

excellency

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Today it means: A form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries. Full definition →

Middle English excellencie ← Latin excellentia
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromexcellentia
  2. Middle English · inherited fromexcellencie
  3. English todayexcellency

From Middle English excellencie, from Latin excellentia.

Words from the same roots

Latinexcellentia all →

excellence

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.