English
expedition
Expedition comes from Latin expeditio ‘expedition, campaign, mission’, from expediō ‘bring forward’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-‘to walk, to step’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedis‘feet’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpediō‘bring forward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpeditio‘expedition, campaign, mission’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600expédition
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588expedition
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ped-‘to walk, to step’root as named
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpedis‘feet’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpediō‘bring forward’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpeditio‘expedition, campaign, mission’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600expédition
- Englishearliest quotation c. 1587–1588expedition
Earliest quotation: c. 1587–1588, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […]: “My Lord the great Commander of the worlde, […]…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ped- ‘to walk, to step’
feet, foot, pilot, pie, fetch, pioneer, pawn, impeachment, podium, pedestrian, pedal, pew, pug, baht, pedigree, impede, pes, fet, impediment, ped, centipede, pedicure, puy, fetter, pada, poy, tripos, petiole, pedometer, peon, quadruped, biped, pedicel, pedicle, 51 more
through Latin pedis ‘feet’
Today it means
noun A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ped- / expedition