English
recuse
Recuse comes from Old French recuser.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400recuser
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500recusen
- Englishearliest quotation 1509–1547recuse
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400recuser
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500recusen
- Englishearliest quotation 1509–1547recuse
Earliest quotation: 1509–1547, John Strype, London: […] John Wyat: “[T]he Quenys grace may alvvayes recuſe & appell at…”
Every English word from Old French recuser
Today it means
verb To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French recuser / recuse