The story
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*kap-
- Proto-Indo-European*kapyéti
- Proto-Italic*kapjō
- Latincapiō
- Latinexcipiō
- Latinexceptiō
- Old Frenchexcepcion
- Anglo-Normanexcepcioun
- Middle Englishexception
- Englishexception
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishexceptionless
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- English todayexceptionlessly
From exceptionless + -ly.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.