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- Latin · derived fromdēfīnītiō
- Middle French · derived fromdefinition
- Middle English · inherited fromdiffinicioun
- English todaydefinition
From Middle English diffinicioun, from Middle French definition, from Latin dēfīnītiō, from dēfīniō. Equivalent to define + -ition.
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