esai
Indonesian
[ˈɛsai̯]
noun
Definitions
- essay, composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish essay (essay) derived from English essay (essay) derived from Middle French essai (attempt, assay, essay) derived from Old French essai (trial) derived 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
- counteressay English
- essay English
- essayer English
- essayest English
- essayeth English
- essayette English
- essayish English
- essayist English
- essaykin English
- essaylike English
- miniessay English
- exactio Latin
- exagium Latin
- exigere, exigo Latin
- exiguus Latin
- exigō Latin
- essay Dutch, Flemish
- essai French
- ensayo Spanish, Castilian
- essay Norwegian Bokmål
- *sīganą Proto-Germanic
- エッセイ Japanese
- essay Norwegian Nynorsk
- essai Old French
- essaiier Old French
- essay Old French
- assaig Catalan, Valencian
- exigir Catalan, Valencian
- essai Middle French
- essay Middle French
- *eisaio Old Portuguese
- exigir Occitan
- esej Slovene
- assai xno
- assaier xno