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excerpt

/ˈeksəpt/EK-surpt
/ˈɛksɚpt/EK-surpt

Meaningsomething plucked out

Common meaning: a passage taken from a longer work

‘out’ + ‘to pluck, pick’ → excerpt

Journey through time

  1. Latincarpō, carpsī, carptum‘to pluck, pick’
  2. Englishexcerpt‘a passage taken from a longer work’ · today

ex- also in: exitexactexaltexertexpel

cerpt also in: carpet

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

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin carpō ‘to pluck, pick’.

Roots

Related words

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