except

/ɪkˈsept/ik-SEPT

/ɪkˈsɛpt/ik-SEPT

Meaningto take out

Common meaning: to leave out

exoutSkeat, Concise Etymological Dictionary (1911), p. 173 · scan
ceptto grasp, takeLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 283 · scan

‘out’ + ‘to grasp, take’ → except

Journey through time

ex — Latin ex- “out” (path traced)
cept — Latin capiō, cēpī, captum “to grasp, take” (path traced)

Parts join in Latin as exceptare.

Latinex- + capere‘out + to grasp, take’source
Latinexceptaresource
Old Frenchexcepier‘to except’source
Englishexcept‘to leave out’ · 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: Built on Latin exceptare, which Skeat (Concise Dictionary, 1911) analyses as ex- ‘out’ + capere ‘to grasp, take’.

Roots

capiō, cēpī, captum Latin “to grasp, take”
exceptare Latin “to take out”

Related words

accept accipiter capable captor conceive nonacceptance occupy percept precept susceptible

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