Where does “eksponent” come from?

eksponent (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin expōnēns, from Latin expōnō, from Latin pōnō, from Proto-Italic poznō, from Proto-Italic pozinō, from Proto-Italic sinō.

eksponent (Norwegian Bokmål): an exponent

Definitions

  1. an exponent

Ancestry of “eksponent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexpōnēnsexposing
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—
Every word from Proto-Italic sinō →Every word from Proto-Italic pozinō →Every word from Proto-Italic poznō →