Where does “exhibitionist” come from?
exhibitionist (English) comes from English exhibition, from Old French exhibicion, from Latin exhibitio, from Latin exhibeō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
exhibitionist (English): One who attempts to draw attention to himself or...
Definitions
- One who attempts to draw attention to himself or...
Ancestry of “exhibitionist”, step by step
exhibitionist 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 exhibitionniste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | exhibitionniste | exhibitionist |
| 2 | French | -iste | -ist; -istic |