essay
VERB (tr):
1. to try; attempt.
2. to put to the test; make trial of.
3. to attempt or endeavor; try.
4. to test or try out.
5. to make an often tentative or experimental effort to perform; try.
6. to put to a test.
Origin:
1475–85; <Middle French essayer, cognate with Anglo-French assayer to assay <Late Latin exagium a weighing, equivalent to *exag(ere), for Latin exigere to examine, test, literally, to drive out (see exact) + -ium-ium. Dictionary 2: C15: from Old French essaier to attempt, from essai an attempt, from Late Latin exagium a weighing, from Latin agere to do, compel, influenced by exigere to investigate. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of essay: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for essay: Noun: Middle French essai, ultimately from Late Latin exagium act of weighing, from Latin ex- + agere to drive — more at agent. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. to try; attempt.
2. to put to the test; make trial of.
3. to attempt or endeavor; try.
4. to test or try out.
5. to make an often tentative or experimental effort to perform; try.
6. to put to a test.
Origin:
1475–85; <Middle French essayer, cognate with Anglo-French assayer to assay <Late Latin exagium a weighing, equivalent to *exag(ere), for Latin exigere to examine, test, literally, to drive out (see exact) + -ium-ium. Dictionary 2: C15: from Old French essaier to attempt, from essai an attempt, from Late Latin exagium a weighing, from Latin agere to do, compel, influenced by exigere to investigate. —Dictionary.com. //
First Known Use of essay: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for essay: Noun: Middle French essai, ultimately from Late Latin exagium act of weighing, from Latin ex- + agere to drive — more at agent. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.