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Where does “exces” come from?

exces (Middle English) comes from Old French exces, from Latin excessus, from Latin excedere, from Latin excedo, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.

exces (Middle English): excess, ecstasy

Definitions

  1. excess, ecstasy

Ancestry of “exces”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchexces—
2Latinexcessusdeparture; demise, death; digression
3Latinexcederesecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4LatinexcedoI go out, go forth or away; depart, retire,...
5Latincēdō—
6Proto-Italickedōgive here!
7Proto-Italickehere
8Indo-European*ḱe—

Words derived from “exces”

  • excess
  • nonexcess
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