Where does “exposé” come from?

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

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

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “exposé”, step by step

exposé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French exposer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchexposerto reveal
2Latinexpōnōto make conspicuous, to put something where everyone may see it: to expose, exhibit, display, set out
3Latinpōnōto place; to put; to lay
4Proto-Italicpoznō—
5Proto-Italicpozinō—
6Proto-Italicsinō—

via French exposé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchexposéexposed; presentation

Words derived from “exposé”

Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →