Where does “excessive” come from?
Excessive comes from Middle French excessif, derived from Latin excessivus, meaning tending to exceed or go beyond proper limits.
excessive (English): Exceeding the usual bounds of something;...
Definitions
- Exceeding the usual bounds of something;...
Ancestry of “excessive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | excessif | — |
| 2 | Latin | excessivus | excessive |
| 3 | Latin | excedo | I go out, go forth or away; depart, retire,... |
| 4 | Latin | cēdō | to go, move, proceed, go along, move along |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 7 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
Words derived from “excessive”