Word Origin Summary

Expression is attested in Middle French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• ekspresyon

  Turkish · borrowed from

• expression

  French · inherited from

• expression

  English · borrowed from

• expresie

  Romanian · borrowed from

• ekspresja

  Polish · derived from

• ekspresi

  Indonesian · derived from

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