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- Latin · derived fromexsecutus
- Old French · derived fromexecuter
- English todayexecute
From Old French executer (French exécuter), from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequor (“to follow (up/through)”, particularly in the sense “to go through with a deed or punishment”), from ex- (“out”) + sequor (“to follow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.