Where does “escusar” come from?
escusar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese escusar, from Latin excūsō, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.
escusar (Galician): to excuse; to don't need something, to avoid; to...
Definitions
- to excuse; to don't need something, to avoid; to...
Ancestry of “escusar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Portuguese | escusar | — |
| 2 | Latin | excūsō | to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge |
| 3 | Latin | causa | cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | caussa | cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kawd-teh₂ | — |