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English word excellence comes from Latin excello (I rise, rise up, elevate, excel), and later Latin excellentia (excellence, superiority)
excello (Latin)
I elevate, raise up.. I excel, surpass.. I exult, am elated.. I rise, elevate myself.
excellentia (Latin)
Excellence, superiority. Merit.
excellence (Old French)
The quality of being excellent.
excellence (English)
An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.. Something in which one excels.. The quality of being excellent; brilliance.