Where does “scusa” come from?
scusa (Italian) comes from French excuse, 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.
scusa (Italian): apology, excuse; excuse, justification, pretext;...
Definitions
- apology, excuse; excuse, justification, pretext;...
Ancestry of “scusa”, step by step
scusa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French excuse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | excuse | excuse; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | French | excuser | to excuse; to pardon |
| 3 | Middle French | excuser | to excuse; to pardon |
| 4 | Old French | escuser | to excuse oneself; to make excuses |
| 5 | Latin | excūsō | to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge |
| 6 | Latin | causa | cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | caussa | cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kawd-teh₂ | — |
via Emilian scuṡèr
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emilian | scuṡèr | to excuse, to forgive |