exposicioun
Middle English
/ɛkspɔːziˈsjuːn/
noun
Definitions
- The action of describing in writing; exposition or representation.
- The action of explaining or making easy to understand in writing.
- A literary work acting to aid understanding or comment on another work.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French esposicion derived from Latin expositiō affix from Middle English posicioun.
Origin
Middle English
posicioun
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- exposition English
- expositional English
- expositionary English
- misexposition English
- position English
- expositio Latin
- expositiō Latin
- exposition French
- apposicioun Middle English
- composicioun Middle English
- deposicion Middle English
- disposicioun Middle English
- imposicioun Middle English
- interposicion Middle English
- posicioun Middle English
- preposicioun Middle English
- proposicioun Middle English
- supposicioun Middle English
- esposicion Old French
- posicion Old French
- експозиція Ukrainian