English
exhibit
Exhibit comes from Latin exhibitus ‘presented, shown, exhibited, revealed’, and goes back to exhibeō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhibeō‘to hold forth, present, show, display’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhibitus‘presented, shown, exhibited, revealed’perfect passive participle of exhibeō
- Englishearliest quotation 1897exhibit
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhibeō‘to hold forth, present, show, display’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexhibitus‘presented, shown, exhibited, revealed’perfect passive participle of exhibeō
- Englishearliest quotation 1897exhibit
Earliest quotation: 1897, Winston Churchill: “Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he…”
A compound of ex ‘out of, from’ + habeō ‘to have, hold’
Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs ‘out’
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex ‘out of, from’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- ‘to grab, to take’
Proto-Italic *habēō
Latin habeō ‘to have, hold’
Every English word from Latin exhibeō
Today it means
verb To display or show (something) for others to see, especially at an exhibition or contest.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin exhibeō / exhibit