Where does “excess” come from?
Excess comes from Middle English exces, from Old French exces, from Latin excessus, the past participle of excedo meaning to go beyond or exceed.
excess (English): The state of surpassing or going beyond limits;...
Definitions
- The state of surpassing or going beyond limits;...
Ancestry of “excess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | exces | excess, ecstasy |
| 2 | Old French | exces | — |
| 3 | Latin | excessus | departure; demise, death; digression |
| 4 | Latin | excedere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | excedo | I go out, go forth or away; depart, retire,... |
| 6 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 9 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |