expose

The story

1. Old French · derived fromespondre“to set forth, explain”
2. Latin · derived fromexpōnō“set forth”
3. Old French · derived fromexposer“to lay open, set forth”
4. Middle English · inherited fromexposen
5. English todayexpose

From Middle English exposen, from Old French exposer (“to lay open, set forth”), from Latin expōnō (“set forth”), with contamination from poser (“to lay, place”). Doublet of expone and expound (via Old French espondre (“to set forth, explain”)), from the same Latin term.

Words from the same roots