Where does “practice” come from?
practice (English) comes from English practise, from Middle English practizen, from Middle French pratiser, from French pratiquer, from French pratique, from Middle French practique, from Latin prāctica, from Ancient Greek πρακτική — passed , crossed.
practice (English): Repetition of an activity to improve a skill; An...
Definitions
- Repetition of an activity to improve a skill; An...
Ancestry of “practice”, step by step
practice traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English practise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | practise | To repeat as a way of improving one's skill in... |
| 2 | Middle English | practizen | — |
| 3 | Middle French | pratiser | — |
| 4 | French | pratiquer | to do; to practise |
| 5 | French | pratique | applied; concerning action or intervention of... |
| 6 | Middle French | practique | practice act of doing; of practising |
| 7 | Latin | prāctica | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πρακτική | practice, experience |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πρακτικός | Of, pertaining to, or appropriate for action; Fit... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | πράσσω | I do, practice |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | prā́ťťō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Middle English practice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | practice | — |