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Where does “performance” come from?

Performance derives from Old French par- combined with -ance, from Latin -antia, a suffix forming nouns from agent adjectives.

performance (English): The act of performing; carrying into execution or...

Definitions

  1. The act of performing; carrying into execution or...

Ancestry of “performance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-anceAdded to an adjective or verb to form a noun...
2Middle English-aunce—
3Old French-ance-ance
4Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “performance”

  • underperformance
  • nonperformance
  • outperformance
  • reperformance
  • preperformance
  • postperformance
  • overperformance
  • midperformance
  • misperformance
  • ultraperformance
  • multiperformance
  • antiperformance
  • autoperformance
  • performancewear
  • performance
  • performance
  • performance
  • performance
  • パフォーマンス
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