Etymology of the English word exposition
the English word
expositionderived from the Old French word
expositionderived from the Latin word
expositio (exhibition; statement, description, explanation)
derived from the Church Latin word
expositusderived from the Classical Latin word
exponere (set, put forth, out)
derived from the Latin word
ponere (esteem, value, count; lay; found; put, lay down; put, place, set; specify, put down; cite)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*apo-using the Latin prefix
ex-derived from the Late Latin word
ex (out)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*eghsDate
The earliest known usage of exposition in English dates from the 14th century.
Cognates
French
exposition, Italian
esposizione, Lithuanian
ekspozicija, Russian
экcпoзиция, Spanish
exposición, Spanish
exposicionUsage
Word found in Modern English
