Etymology

evidence-based

Today it means: Based only on actual evidence, rather than tradition, etc. Full definition →

English based ← Middle English base ← Old French base
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The story

  1. Englishevidence
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*gʷémtis
  4. Proto-Hellenic*gʷə́tis
  5. Ancient Greekβᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)
  6. Latinbasis
  7. Old Frenchbase
  8. Middle Englishbase
  9. Englishbase
  10. Englishbased
  11. English todayevidence-based

From evidence + based.

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