Etymology

exception

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Today it means: The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion; restriction by taking out something which would otherwise be included, as in a class, statement, rule. Full definition →

Middle English exception ← Anglo-Norman excepcioun ← Old French excepcion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
  8. Proto-Italic*kapjō
  9. Latincapiō
  10. Latinexcipiō
  11. Latinexceptiō
  12. Old Frenchexcepcion
  13. Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
  14. Middle Englishexception
  15. English todayexception

From Middle English exception, excepcioun, from Anglo-Norman excepcioun, from Old French excepcion, from Latin exceptiō. Equivalent to except + -ion.

Words from the same roots

Latinexceptiō all →

exceptio quod metus causa

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