Where does “exceptionally” come from?
Exceptionally derives from English exception, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Proto-Germanic galīkaz, from Proto-Indo-European līg-, ultimately combining Latin ex- and Latin -tio.
exceptionally (English): To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree
Definitions
- To an unusual, remarkable or exceptional degree
Ancestry of “exceptionally”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exceptional | Forming an exception; not ordinary; uncommon;... |
| 2 | English | exception | The act of excepting or excluding; exclusion;... |
| 3 | Middle English | exception | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | excepcioun | — |
| 5 | Old French | excepcion | — |
| 6 | Latin | exceptiō | An exception or objection in law |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |