Where does “excessif” come from?
excessif (Middle French) comes from Latin excessivus, from Latin excedo, from Latin cēdō, from Proto-Italic kedō, from Proto-Italic ke, from Indo-European *ḱe.
Ancestry of “excessif”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | excessivus | excessive |
| 2 | Latin | excedo | I go out, go forth or away; depart, retire,... |
| 3 | Latin | cēdō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kedō | give here! |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | ke | here |
| 6 | Indo-European | *ḱe | — |
Words derived from “excessif”