The guilt being great, the fear doth still exceed; And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But coward-like with trembling terror die.
Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece
Things out of hope are compass'd oft with venturing, Chiefly in love, whose leave exceeds commission:
Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis
excedere /excedere/
Latin, Rome
exceder /exceder/
Old French, France