Etymology

excuser

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Today it means: One who offers excuses or pleads in extenuation of the fault of another. Full definition →

English excuse ← Middle English excuse ← Old French excuse
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Italic*kaussā
  7. Old Latincaussa
  8. Latincausa
  9. Latinexcūsāre
  10. Old Frenchescuser
  11. Middle Englishexcusen
  12. Latinexcūsāre
  13. Old Frenchexcuse
  14. Middle Englishexcuse
  15. Englishexcuse
  16. English todayexcuser

From excuse + -er.

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