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
Ancestry of “excusable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
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