Where does “excuso” come from?

excuso (Latin) comes from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.

Ancestry of “excuso”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	causa	cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,...
2	Old Latin	caussa	cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form...
3	Proto-Indo-European	kawd-teh₂	—

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