Where does “expressly” come from?
Expressly comes from English express, derived from French exprès, ultimately from Latin ex meaning "out" or "forth," with the adverbial form developing to mean "explicitly" or "intentionally."
expressly (English): In an express or explicit manner
Definitions
- In an express or explicit manner
Ancestry of “expressly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | express | Moving or operating quickly, as a train not... |
| 2 | French | exprès | express |
| 3 | Latin | expressus | squeezed |
| 4 | Latin | exprimere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 6 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |