Etymology

exceptioner

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Today it means: One who takes exception or protests. Full definition →

English exception ← Middle English exception ← Anglo-Norman excepcioun
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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. Englishexception
  16. English todayexceptioner

From exception + -er.

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