Where does “expert” come from?
expert (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch expert, from Middle French expert, from Old French expert, from Latin expertus, from Latin experior, from Latin pariō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō — he, she.
expert (Dutch): expert
Ancestry of “expert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | expert | — |
| 2 | Middle French | expert | — |
| 3 | Old French | expert | — |
| 4 | Latin | expertus | tested; having tested; proved; having proven;... |
| 5 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | — |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |