English
excusable
Excusable comes from Latin excūsō ‘to excuse’, and goes back to causa ‘cause, reason’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcūsō‘to excuse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcusabilis
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400escusable
- Englishtodayexcusable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcūsō‘to excuse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcusabilis
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400escusable
- Englishtodayexcusable
Linked words
through Old Latin caussa
through Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
because, cause, chose, chest, accuse, accusation, syllabus, causal, causative, accusative, 23 more
Today it means
adj Possible to excuse; worthy of being excused.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / excusable