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
- Having experience and skill in a subject;...
Ancestry of “experienced”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | experience | The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced... |
| 2 | Middle English | experience | — |
| 3 | Latin | experientia | a trial, proof, experiment; experimental... |
| 4 | Latin | experiens | testing, trying, experiencing |
| 5 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 6 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 7 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |