Where does “experiment” come from?
Experiment derives from Old French esperiment, from Latin experimentum, formed from the Latin prefix ex- and root per- meaning to try or attempt.
experiment (English): A test under controlled conditions made to either...
Definitions
- A test under controlled conditions made to either...
Ancestry of “experiment”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | esperiment | experience |
| 2 | Latin | experimentum | test, trial, experiment; experience |
| 3 | Latin | experior | I attempt, I try; I test, I put to the test, I... |
| 4 | Latin | pariō | to bear, to give birth to |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “experiment”
- experimental
- experimentation
- experimentally
- experimenter
- experimentalist
- nonexperimental
- experimentalism
- quasiexperimental
- preexperimental
- experimentalize
- experimentalise
- experimentise
- experimentee
- experimentality
- experimentary
- nonexperimentally
- interexperimental
- experimentist
- interexperiment
- intraexperimental
- experimentational
- experimentarian
- experimento
- sexperiment