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Excellent.
Exceptional.
Excellent.
Exceptional.
excellent
Word History
Date of Origin 14th c.
The underlying notion of excellent is of physically ‘rising above others. It comes via Old French from the present participle of Latin excellere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix ex- 'out' and a hypothetical verbal element *cellere, which evidently meant something like 'rise, be high': it is derived ultimately from an Indo-European base *kol-, *kel- which also produced English column, culminate, and hill . There is little evidence of its literal use in Latin; the metaphorical ‘be outstanding’ evidently elbowed it aside at an early stage. (English acquired excel itself in the 15th century, incidentally.).
(source: Word-Origins.com)
(source: Word-Origins.com)
exceptional
adjective
- constituting, or occurring as, an exception; not ordinary or average; esp., much above average in quality, ability, etc.: exceptional talents
- brilliant, special, extraordinary, incomparable, unique, outstanding, remarkable
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