excel

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 259 words | Copyright

excel XV. — L. excellere be eminent, (rarely in physical sense) rise, raise, f. EX-1 + -cellere, rel. to celsus high, columna COLUMN.
So excellent †exalted, supreme XIV; extremely good XVII. — (O)F. — L. excellence, excellency XIV.

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