English
except
Except comes from Middle French excepter, from Latin exceptus ‘taken out’, participle of excipiō, from capiō ‘to take’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcapiō‘to take’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcipiō‘to take out, except’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexceptus‘taken out’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600excepter
- Englishearliest quotation 1526except
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcapiō‘to take’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcipiō‘to take out, except’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexceptus‘taken out’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600excepter
- Englishearliest quotation 1526except
Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “And they sayde: We have no moo but five…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kap-
had, case, head, capital, heavy, cash, catch, capacity, behavior, captain, escape, receive, capable, achieve, cable, heavily, chase, chapter, cape, chef, recipe, capture, occupation, cattle, accept, cabin, haven, chapel, behave, capitol, recipient, capita, hawk, anticipation, anticipate, capsule, reception, perception, precipitation, cater, 177 more
Today it means
verb To exclude; to specify as being an exception.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin capiō / except