Where does “excusable” come from?
excusable (French) comes from French excuser, from Middle French excuser, from Old French escuser, from Latin excūsō, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.
excusable (French): excusable, pardonable
Definitions
- excusable, pardonable
Ancestry of “excusable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | excuser | to excuse; to pardon |
| 2 | Middle French | excuser | to excuse; to pardon |
| 3 | Old French | escuser | to excuse oneself; to make excuses |
| 4 | Latin | excūsō | to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge |
| 5 | Latin | causa | cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | caussa | cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kawd-teh₂ | — |