Etymology of the English word excess
the English word
excessderived from the French word
excèsderived from the Vulgar Latin word
excessus (departure; death; digression)
derived from the Latin word
excedere (pass, withdraw, exceed)
using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Latin word
cedere (go, pass; grant, concede, yield)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ked- (to yield)
derived from the Old French word
excessderived from the Vulgar Latin word
excessus (departure; death; digression)
derived from the Latin word
excedere (pass, withdraw, exceed)
using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Latin word
cedere (go, pass; grant, concede, yield)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ked- (to yield)
Date
The earliest known usage of excess in English dates from the 14th century.
Cognates
Dutch
exces, French
excès, German
Exzeß, Italian
eccesso, Lithuanian
ekscesas, Norwegian
eksess, Russian
экcцecc, Spanish
exceso, Swedish
excessUsage
Word found in Modern English
