English
expose
Expose comes from Old French exposer ‘to lay open, set forth’, from Latin pōnō ‘to place, put’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘to place, put’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpōnō‘set forth’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400exposer‘to lay open, set forth’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500exposen
- Englishearliest quotation 1893expose
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱey-‘to cultivate’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tḱinétireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*sinō‘to put in place’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pozinōreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpōnō‘to place, put’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpōnō‘set forth’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400exposer‘to lay open, set forth’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500exposen
- Englishearliest quotation 1893expose
Earliest quotation: 1893, Fridtjof Nansen, Eskimo Life: “This they do, as a rule, by exposing the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to cultivate’
homeless, compound, suppose, hamlet, bohemian, impose, homely, hame, 49 more
through Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti
prepositional, apposite, 38 more
through Proto-Italic *sinō ‘to put in place’
site, situation, composition, posture, situate, supposition, preposition, positivism, situs, compostela, 40 more
through Proto-Italic *pozinō
opposition, proposition, deposition, disposition, imposition, compost, suppository, presupposition, compositor, impost, 25 more
through Latin pōnō ‘to place, put’
post, position, positive, purpose, opposite, opponent, consolation, propose, repository, proponent, dispose, compose, posit, pone, presuppose, 54 more
through Latin expōnō ‘set forth’
Today it means
verb To reveal; to uncover; to make visible; to bring to light.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- / expose