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English word except comes from Latin capio (I capture, seize, take. I take in, understand. I take on.)

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capio (Latin)

I capture, seize, take. I take in, understand. I take on.

excipere (Latin)

exceptus (Latin)

excepter (Middle French)

except (English)

(intransitive) To take exception, to object (to or against).. (transitive) To exclude; to specify as being an exception. With the exception of; but. (archaic) Unless; used to introduce a hypothetical case in which an exception may exist.. With the exception (that); used to introduce a clause, phrase or adverb forming an exception or qualification to something previously stated.

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