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
Ancestry of “scuză”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |