"excuse" in sette lingue
Significatoexcuse
Spagnolo
/eksˈkusa/
f.dotta
To apologize, Spanish more often uses disculpa.
Francese
/ɛkskyz/
f.dotta
In the plural it means 'apology': présenter ses excuses.
Italiano
/ˈskuza/
f.ereditaria
Also the everyday 'sorry!': scusa! (scusi! formally).
Portoghese
/dʒisˈkuwpɐ/
f.altra origine · Portuguese desculpar, built on Latin CULPA 'fault'
Also the everyday 'sorry!': desculpa! Escusa exists but is formal.
Rumeno
/ˈskuzə/
f.prestito · Italian scusa and French excuse
Catalano
/əksˈkuzə/
f.dotta
To apologize, Catalan says disculpa or perdó.
Inglese
/ɪkˈskjus/
dal latino/francese · Old French escuse
The noun ends in s, the verb in z.
L’antenato latino
EXCŪSĀRE‘to free from a charge’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
EX + CAUSA: to take someone 'out of the case'. Italian wore the ex- away entirely and made scusa its everyday word for 'sorry'.
Parenti inglesi: cause, accuse, excusable
Imparala
In una frase
- esEso no es excusa.
- frCe n'est pas une excuse.
- itNon è una scusa.
- ptIsso não é desculpa.
- roAsta nu e o scuză.
- caAixò no és cap excusa.
- enThat's no excuse.
La famiglia latina
CAUS-· cause, case
CAUSA 'reason, lawsuit' became the ordinary Romance word for 'thing': cosa, chose, cosa — a 'matter' in the legal sense, generalized. The learned doublet causa, cause kept the original meaning, and the courtroom sense lives on in accuse and excuse. Portuguese coisa (Old Portuguese cousa) and Catalan cosa followed; Romanian says lucru, from LUCRUM 'gain'.
CAUSAMcause; case → thing
escosafrchoseitcosaptcoisacacosa
CAUSAMcause (learned)
escausafrcauseitcausaptcausarocauzăcacausaencause
CAUSĀRĪ (Med. Lat. CAUSĀRE)to plead a case; to cause
escausarfrcauseritcausareptcausarrocauzacacausarencause
ACCŪSĀREto call to account
esacusarfraccuseritaccusareptacusarroacuzacaacusarenaccuse
EXCŪSĀREto free from a charge
esexcusarfrexcuseritscusareptescusarroscuzacaexcusarenexcuse
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