Where does “expert” come from?
Expert comes from Latin expertus, the past participle of experior meaning "to try or test," derived from ex- "out" and a root meaning "to go or pass through."
expert (English): Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable;...
Definitions
- Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable;...
Ancestry of “expert”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | expertus | tested; having tested; proved; having proven;... |
| 2 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 3 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 4 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |