Where does “eċċettwa” come from?
eċċettwa (Maltese) comes from Italian eccettuare, from Italian eccetto, from Latin exceptus, from Latin excipiō, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō, from Proto-Italic kapjō, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyéti — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
eċċettwa (Maltese): to except
Definitions
- to except
Ancestry of “eċċettwa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | eccettuare | to except, exclude, single out |
| 2 | Italian | eccetto | except; excepting; apart from; but |
| 3 | Latin | exceptus | taken out, having been taken out; excepted,... |
| 4 | Latin | excipiō | to take out, extract, pull out |
| 5 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |