Where does “expression” come from?
Expression comes from Middle French expression, from Latin expressio (a pressing out), derived from expressus (pressed out), the past participle of exprimere (to press out), formed from the prefix ex- and the verb premere (to press).
expression (English): The action of expressing thoughts, ideas,...
Definitions
- The action of expressing thoughts, ideas,...
Ancestry of “expression”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | expression | — |
| 2 | Latin | expressio | expulsion; expression, pressing |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
Words derived from “expression”
- expressionless
- overexpression
- expressionist
- expressionistic
- coexpression
- expressional
- subexpression
- expressionlessly
- misexpression
- reexpression
- underexpression
- expressionistically
- nonexpression
- expressionlessness
- inexpression
- hyperexpression
- microexpression
- immunoexpression
- antiexpressionist
- self-expression
- superexpression
- dysexpression
- hypoexpression
- viscoexpression