'exposure' originates from the Latin word 'exponere,' where 'ex-' meant 'out' and 'ponere' meant 'to place.'

'exponere' transformed into the Old French word 'exposer,' and eventually became the modern English word 'exposure' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to place out in the open,' but over time it evolved into its current meanings related to being subjected to something or revealing something.