exhibit的词源

英文词源

exhibit (v.): "offer or present to view," mid-15c., from Latin exhibitus, past participle of exhibere "to hold out, display, show, present, deliver" (see exhibition). Related: Exhibited; exhibiting.
exhibit (n.): 1620s, "document or object produced as evidence in court," from Latin exhibitum, noun use of neuter past participle of exhibere "to display, show" (see exhibition). Meaning "object displayed in a fair, museum, etc." is from 1862. Transferred use of exhibit A "important piece of evidence" is by 1906.

ex-, 向外。-hibit, 持，握，词源同habit, prohibit. 即把握住的展开，展览。

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词根词缀： ex-出 + -hibit-持,握 → 拿出去给人看