Etymology

expert

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Today it means: Extraordinary capable or knowledgeable. Full definition →

Middle English expert ← Old French expert ← Latin expertus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromexpertus
  2. Old French · derived fromexpert“experienced”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromexpert
  4. English todayexpert

Inherited from Middle English expert, derived from Old French expert (“experienced”), espert, from Latin expertus (contracted from *experitus), perfect active participle of experior (“to try”), from ex- + *-perior.

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