English
excurse
Excurse comes from Classical Latin excursus ‘excursion’.
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcursus‘excursion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1563excurse
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Classical Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcursus‘excursion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1563excurse
Earliest quotation: 1563, Alexander Pope, to Thomas [Becket] Archbishop of Canterbury: “Ad hæc fratetnitati^([sic]) tuæ præcipiendo modo quo te in…”
The story
In the “excursus” sense, some later examples in plural may show errors for excursuses.
Every English word from Classical Latin excursus
Today it means
noun Synonym of excursus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Classical Latin excursus / excurse