English
exponent
Exponent comes from Latin expōnēns ‘exposing’, from pōnō ‘to lay, place, put’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to build, cultivate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to build, cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsame form‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘to lay, place, put’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpōnō‘to expose’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpōnēns‘exposing’present participle of expōnō
- Englishearliest quotation 1711exponent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to build, cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsame form‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘to lay, place, put’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpōnō‘to expose’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpōnēns‘exposing’present participle of expōnō
- Englishearliest quotation 1711exponent
Earliest quotation: 1711, Jacques Ozanam, Abridgement of Algebra. Chapter I. Of Monomes.: “A Power that hath neither the Signs #43; or…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to build, cultivate’
suppose, homeless, compound, impose, hamlet, bohemian, homely, hame, 48 more
through Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’
opposition, proposition, deposition, disposition, compost, imposition, suppository, compositor, presupposition, prepositional, impost, apposite, 37 more
through Latin *sinō ‘to put in place’
site, situation, composition, posture, situate, supposition, preposition, positivism, compostela, situs, 15 more
through Latin pōnō ‘to lay, place, put’
post, position, positive, purpose, opposite, propose, consolation, dispose, opponent, repository, compose, posit, proponent, presuppose, pone, 53 more
through Latin expōnō ‘to expose’
Today it means
noun One who expounds, represents or advocates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / exponent