English
excusator
Excusator comes from Latin excūsō ‘to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge’, and goes back to causa ‘cause, reason’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcūsōas excusator‘to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1759excusator
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcausa‘cause, reason’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexcūsōas excusator‘to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge’
- Englishearliest quotation 1759excusator
Earliest quotation: 1759, David Hume, [Henry VIII.] Chapter IV.: “Henry was determined not to ſend any proxy to…”
Linked words
through Old Latin caussa
through Latin causa ‘cause, reason’
because, cause, chose, chest, accuse, syllabus, accusation, causal, causative, accusative, 22 more
through Latin excūsō ‘to excuse, allege in excuse, free from a charge’
Today it means
noun One who makes, or is authorized to make, an excuse; an apologist.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin causa / excusator