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