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