essai
Old French
noun
Definitions
- trial task of considerable difficulty
Etymology
Inherited from Latin exagium (weighing, testing on the balance, weight), exigō (demand, I examine).
Origin
Latin
exigō
Gloss
demand, I examine
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- essay English
- exactio Latin
- exagium Latin
- exigere, exigo Latin
- exiguus Latin
- exigō Latin
- essai French
- essayiste French
- эссе Russian
- ensayo Spanish, Castilian
- *sīganą Proto-Germanic
- assayen Middle English
- esej Czech
- essaiier Old French
- essay Old French
- assaig Catalan, Valencian
- exigir Catalan, Valencian
- essai Middle French
- *eisaio Old Portuguese
- exigir Occitan
- esė Lithuanian
- assai xno
- assaier xno