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- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti
- Proto-Hellenic*prā́t͏̌t͏̌ō
- Ancient Greekπρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō)
- Ancient Greekπρᾱγ- (prāg-)
- Ancient Greekπρακτικός (praktikós)
- Latinprācticus
- Middle Frenchpractique
- Middle Frenchpracticien
- Englishpractician
- Englishpractitioner
- Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
- Ancient GreekἈκαδημία (Akadēmía)
- Ancient GreekἈκάδημος (Akádēmos)
- Ancient GreekἈκαδήμεια (Akadḗmeia)
- Ancient Greekἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós)
- Medieval Latinacadēmicus
- Latinacadēmicu
- Frenchacadémique
- Englishacademic
- English todaypracademic
Blend of practitioner + academic. The earliest reference may have been identified by a subscriber to Worldwide Words in 1973.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.