French essai

← English assay (mention)

← Spanish ensayo (cognate)

← Old French essai (inherited)

← Latin exigō (inherited)

→ English trial balloon (mention)

→ Czech esej (derived)

→ Spanish ensayo (cognate)

→ French essayiste (suffix)

→ Japanese エッセイ (borrowed)

→ Kazakh эссе (derived)

→ Lithuanian esė (derived)

→ Romanian eseu (borrowed)

→ Russian эссе (borrowed)