Word Origin Summary

Excellēns is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• excellent

  Occitan · derived from

• excelente

  Spanish · derived from

• excellent

  Dutch · derived from

• eselèint

  Emiliano · derived from

• excel·lent

  Catalan · derived from

• excellent

  English · derived from

• eksellentti

  Finnish · derived from

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