Where does “excuser” come from?
excuser (Middle French) comes from Old French escuser, from Latin excūsō, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.
excuser (Middle French): to excuse; to pardon
Ancestry of “excuser”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | escuser | to excuse oneself; to make excuses |
| 2 | Latin | excūsō | — |
| 3 | Latin | causa | cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,... |
| 4 | Old Latin | caussa | cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kawd-teh₂ | — |
Words derived from “excuser”