Where does “exhibitionism” come from?
Exhibitionism comes from English exhibition, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Latin exhibitio, formed from Latin ex- meaning "out" and a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
exhibitionism (English): The practice or character trait of deliberately...
Definitions
- The practice or character trait of deliberately...
Ancestry of “exhibitionism”, step by step
exhibitionism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English exhibition
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exhibition | An instance of exhibiting, or something... |
| 2 | Old French | exhibicion | exhibition |
| 3 | Latin | exhibitio | display, exhibition; example; production,... |
| 4 | Latin | exhibeō | to hold forth, present, show, exhibit, display, reveal |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via French exhibitionnisme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | exhibitionnisme | exhibitionism |
| 2 | French | -ïsme | -ism, variant of -isme following vowels |
| 3 | Latin | -isma | Alternative form of -ismus; -ism |
| 4 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |