Where does “eċċessiv” come from?

eċċessiv (Maltese) comes from Italian eccessivo, from Latin excessivus, from Latin excedo, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

eċċessiv (Maltese): excessive

Definitions

  1. excessive

Ancestry of “eċċessiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianeccessivoexcessive
2Latinexcessivusexcessive
3LatinexcedoI go out, go forth or away; depart, retire,...
4Latincēdōto go, move, proceed, go along, move along
5Proto-Italickedōgive here!
6Proto-Italickehere
7Indo-European*ḱe—
Every word from Indo-European *ḱe →