Exhibition
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late Middle English (in the sense ‘maintenance, support’; hence exhibition (sense 4), mid 17th century): via Old French from late Latin exhibitio(n- ), from Latin exhibere ‘hold out’ (see exhibit).
wiktionary
From Old French exhibicion.
etymonline
exhibition (n.)
early 14c., "action of displaying," from Old French exhibicion, exibicion "show, exhibition, display," from Late Latin exhibitionem (nominative exhibitio), noun of action from past-participle stem of Latin exhibere "to show, display, present," literally "hold out, hold forth," from ex "out" (see ex-) + habere "to hold" (from PIE root *ghabh- "to give or receive"). Also from early 15c. as "sustenance, food, source of support." Meaning "that which is exhibited" is from 1786.
