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#210989 05/17/13 02:28 PM
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How did this word, so close orthographically to excise, and with the exact same meaning, come into being? Or did it come first and excise is the copycat?

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Nope, they're from two different Latin verbs. Excise is from excaedere and exscind is from exscindere. Both with roughly the same meaning.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Thank you, sir.

Jackie #211036 05/20/13 04:43 PM
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You're welcome.

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