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- Latin · derived fromexcerptus
- English todayexcerpt
From Latin excerptus, past participle of excerpere (“to pick out”), from ex (“out”) + carpere (“to pick, pluck”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
excerpt
Today it means: A clip, snippet, passage or extract from a larger work such as a news article, a film, or a literary composition. Full definition →
Latin excerptus