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Where does “experienced” come from?

Experienced comes from Middle English experienced, from Latin experientia meaning trial or experiment, derived from Latin experior meaning to try, rooted in Latin ex meaning out and Proto-Indo-European per- meaning to attempt.

experienced (English): Having experience and skill in a subject;...

Definitions

  1. Having experience and skill in a subject;...

Ancestry of “experienced”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexperienceThe effect upon the judgment or feelings produced...
2Middle Englishexperience—
3Latinexperientiaa trial, proof, experiment; experimental...
4Latinexperienstesting, trying, experiencing
5LatinexperiorI attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I...
6Latinpariō—
7Latin-iō—
8Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “experienced”

  • inexperienced
  • unexperienced
  • nonexperienced
  • underexperienced
  • experiencedly
  • inexperiencedly
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