excess

The story

1. Latin · derived fromexcessus“a going out, loss of self-possession”
2. Old French · derived fromexces
3. Middle English · inherited fromexces“excess, ecstasy”
4. English todayexcess

From Middle English exces (“excess, ecstasy”), from Old French exces, from Latin excessus (“a going out, loss of self-possession”), from excedere, excessum (“to go out, go beyond”). See exceed.