Etymology

exposition

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Today it means: The action of exposing something to something, such as skin to the sunlight. Full definition →

Middle English exposicioun ← Old French esposicion ← Latin expositiō
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  1. French · semantic loan fromexposition
  2. Latin · derived fromexpositiō
  3. Old French · derived fromesposicion
  4. Middle English · inherited fromexposicioun
  5. English todayexposition

From Middle English exposicioun, from Old French esposicion, from Latin expositiō, from expōnere (“to put forth”). The sense meaning "exhibition" is a later semantic loan from French exposition.

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