English
expressis verbis
Expressis verbis comes from Latin expressis verbis ‘pronounced with words’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpressis verbis‘pronounced with words’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpressis verbis‘pronounced with words’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Latin expressis verbis
Today it means
adv Expressly; explicitly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin expressis verbis / expressis verbis