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excipere
Latin · ancient
"to take out, to exclude"
to take out, to exclude, from ex- (out) and capere (to take)
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exceptio
Latin · ancient
"a taking out, an exclusion"
a taking out, an objection, from excipere
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exception
Old French · medieval
"something excluded from a general rule"
carried into French for something excluded from a general rule
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exception
English · 1300s
"something that does not follow the general rule"
settled as the English word for something that does not follow the general rule
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