excessive
/ɪkˈsesɪv/ik-SEH-siv
/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/ik-SEH-siv
Meaningtending to go beyond
Common meaning: too much
- exout
- cessto go, move away; to give wayLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 307 · scan
- iveadjective ending: tending to
‘out’ + ‘to go, move away’ → excessive
Journey through time
- Latincēdō, cessī, cessum‘to go, move away’
- Old Frenchexcezsource
- Englishexcess‘more than is needed’
- Englishformed in English from excessexcessive‘too much’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from excess + -ive.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXCESS, p.198 · scan
Roots
- cēdō, cessī, cessum Latin “to go, move away; to give way”
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