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Where does “expres” come from?

expres (Old French) comes from Latin expressus, from Latin exprimere, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.

Ancestry of “expres”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexpressussqueezed; pressed ; expressed; imitated, copied
2Latinexprimeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinex-out, away; throughout; thoroughly
4LatineThe name of the letter "E"; out of, from
5LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
6Latincommūnicō—
7Latincommūnis—
8Old Latincom(m)oinis—
9Proto-Italickommoinis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
18Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak

Words derived from “expres”

  • express
  • expressly
  • inexpressible
  • inexpressibly
  • expressway
  • expressible
  • exprest
  • expressman
  • overexpress
  • inexpressibles
  • expresseth
  • expresser
  • expressage
  • expressor
  • unexpressible
  • coexpress
  • reexpress
  • expressable
  • inexpressable
  • overexpressor
  • expressness
  • expressest
  • expressibly
  • misexpress
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