Where does “scuză” come from?
scuză (Romanian) comes from Italian scusa, from French excuse, from French excuser, from Middle French excuser, from Old French escuser, from Latin excūsō, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa.
scuză (Romanian): excuse; apology; pretext
Definitions
- excuse; apology; pretext
Ancestry of “scuză”, step by step
scuză traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian scusa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scusa | apology, excuse; excuse, justification, pretext;... |
| 2 | French | excuse | excuse; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | French | excuser | to excuse; to pardon |
| 4 | Middle French | excuser | to excuse; to pardon |
| 5 | Old French | escuser | to excuse oneself; to make excuses |
| 6 | Latin | excūsō | to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge |
| 7 | Latin | causa | cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,... |
| 8 | Old Latin | caussa | cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kawd-teh₂ | — |
via Italian scusare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | scusare | to excuse, forgive, pardon; to excuse, justify |