Etymology

expertise

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Today it means: Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby. Full definition →

French expertise ← Latin expertus ← Proto-Italic *parjō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*perh₃-
  7. Proto-Italic*parjō
  8. Latinpariō
  9. Latinexperior
  10. Latinexpertus
  11. Frenchexpert
  12. Frenchexpertise
  13. English todayexpertise

Borrowed from French expertise. Compare gourmandise.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.