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- Latin · derived fromexclusiō
- Old French · derived from[Term?]
- Middle English · inherited fromexclusion
- English todayexclusion
From Middle English exclusion, exclusioun, from Old French [Term?] and Latin exclusiō, from exclūdō. By surface analysis, exclude + -sion.
First known use, by meaning
- from 17th c. The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
- 17th–19th c. The act of pushing or forcing something out.
- from 20th c. An item not covered by an insurance policy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.