essay
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ɛˈseː/
noun
Definitions
- essay
Etymology
Borrowed 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).
Origin
Latin
exagium
Gloss
weighing, testing on the balance, weight
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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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
- exagium Latin
- exigere, exigo Latin
- exigō Latin
- 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
- esai Indonesian
- essai Middle French
- essay Middle French
- *eisaio Old Portuguese
- esej Slovene
- assai xno
- assaier xno