- excerpt (v.)
- early 15c., from L. excerptus, pp. of excerpere "pluck out, excerpt," from ex- "out" + carpere "pluck, gather," from PIE *kerp- "to gather, pluck, harvest" (see harvest).
- excerpt (n.)
- 1630s, from L. excerptum, neut. of pp. of excerpere (see excerpt (v.)). Related: excerpts.