apology (expression of remorse or regret) · excuse (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment) · note (written excusal for being late or absent from school)
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (bōzišn, “salvation; apology”), itself a verbal noun of Middle Persian [script needed] (bwhtn', bwc- /bōxtan, bōz-/, “to save, to redeem”), ultimately from *bʰewg- (“to flee, to escape”).
köken: The translative singular of now archaic anne (“gift”). Compare Estonian andeks, Ingrian anteeks (in antaa anteeks), Karelian andiekši, Votic antõssi; at least some of these may be borrowed from Finnish, according to SSA. For the semantic connection between giving and apologizing, compare also the formation of English forgive.
aile: antaa anteeksi, pyytää anteeksi, suoda anteeksi, anteeksiantamaton, anteeksiantaminen, anteeksiantamus, anteeksianto, anteeksipyydellen, anteeksipyyntö, anteeksipyytelemätön
çekim: ortaç lāmentātus · şimdiki lāmentat · ulaç lāmentāns
köken: Etymology tree Latin lāmentum Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lāmentō From lāmentum + -ō.