Etymology of the French word exécution
the French word
exécutionderived from the Latin word
exsecutio (performance, carrying out; enforcement)
derived from the Latin word
exsecutusderived from the Latin word
exsequi (follow, go along, on with; persist in; execute, carry out)
using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsderived from the Late Latin word
sequi (to follow; follow; escort, attend; support, back, side with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sekʷ-Date
The earliest known usage of exécution in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
exécuter,
exécutif,
inexécution,
non-exécutionDerivations in other languages
Romanian
execuţieCognates
Dutch
executie, English
execution, German
Exekution, Italian
esecuzione, Norwegian
eksekusjon, Spanish
ejecucion, Swedish
exekution
