Where does “expedite” come from?
Expedite comes from Latin expeditus, the past participle of expedio, meaning "to free the feet," from ex- "out" and ped- "foot," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pṓds.
expedite (English): To accelerate the progress of; To perform fast...
Definitions
- To accelerate the progress of; To perform fast...
Ancestry of “expedite”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | expedītus | unhindered, unhampered, unimpeded, unencumbered, liberated |
| 2 | Latin | expedio | I free feet from snares; unfasten fetters; lose... |
| 3 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |