Etymology

expedience

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Today it means: The quality of being fit or suitable to cause some desired end or the purpose intended; propriety or advisability under the particular circumstances of a case. Full definition →

Middle English expedience ← Old French expedience ← Late Latin expedientia
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  1. Latin · derived fromexpediens
  2. Late Latin · derived fromexpedientia
  3. Old French · derived fromexpedience
  4. Middle English · inherited fromexpedience
  5. English todayexpedience

From Middle English expedience, from Old French expedience, from Late Latin expedientia, from Latin expediens.

Words from the same roots

Latinexpediens all →

expedient

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.