English
excusation
Excusation comes from Latin excūsātiō ‘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 CEexcūsātiō‘excuse’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600excusation
- Englishearliest quotation 1646same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcūsō‘to excuse’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcūsātiō‘excuse’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600excusation
- Englishearliest quotation 1646same form
Earliest quotation: 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: “And his goodness is to be admired, that it…”
Linked words
through Old Latin caussa
through Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
because, cause, chose, chest, accuse, syllabus, causal, accusation, causative, accusative, 22 more
through Latin excūsō ‘to excuse’
Today it means
noun The act of offering an excuse or apology, or the fact of being excused; an excuse, a defence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / excusation