practic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρακτικός“of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”
2. Late Latin · derived fromprācticus“active”
3. Old French · derived frompractique
4. Middle English · inherited frompractic
5. English todaypractic

From Middle English practic, practik, partly from Old French practique and partly from its etymon, Late Latin prācticus (“active”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”). Doublet of practico.

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