The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἐξήγησις“interpretation”
- English todayexegesis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”), from ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “to explain, interpret”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead, guide”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.