Where does “expressionist” come from?
Expressionist comes from English expression plus the suffix -ist, tracing through Latin -ista and Ancient Greek -ιστής, ultimately from Latin exprimere meaning to press out.
expressionist (English): Of, pertaining to, or in the style of...
Definitions
- Of, pertaining to, or in the style of...
Ancestry of “expressionist”, step by step
expressionist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French expressionniste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | expressionniste | expressionist |
| 2 | French | expression | expression |
| 3 | Middle French | expression | — |
| 4 | Latin | expressio | expulsion; expression, pressing |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English expression
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expression | The action of expressing thoughts, ideas,... |