Etymology

perfection

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Today it means: The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence. Full definition →

Middle English perfeccioun ← Old French perfection ← Latin perfectiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromperfectiō
  2. Old French · derived fromperfection
  3. Middle English · inherited fromperfeccioun
  4. English todayperfection

From Middle English perfeccioun, from Old French perfection, from Latin perfectiō. By surface analysis, perfect + -ion. Displaced native Old English fulfremednes.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.