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Where does “expose” come from?

Exposé comes from French exposé, the past participle of exposer, meaning to set forth or display publicly.

expose (English): The act of exposing somebody or something; a...

Definitions

  1. The act of exposing somebody or something; a...

Ancestry of “expose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchexposerto reveal
2Latinexpōnō—
3Latinpōnō—
4Proto-Italicpoznō—
5Proto-Italicpozinō—
6Proto-Italicsinō—
Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →