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1. Medieval Latinprācticō
2. Middle Frenchpratiquer
3. Middle Frenchpractiser, pratiser
4. Middle Englishpracticen, practisen, practizen, practysen
5. Middle Englishpractice, practique, practyse
6. English todaypractice

The noun is from Middle English practice, practique, practyse, from the verb; also compare Medieval Latin prāctica.. Displaced native Old English sidu. The verb is from Middle English practicen, practisen, practizen, practysen, from Middle French practiser, pratiser, an alteration of practiquer, from Medieval Latin prācticō, from Late Latin prācticus, from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós). The spelling practice is attested once in Middle English for both the noun and the verb. The noun began to be assimilated in spelling to nouns in -ice; practise (noun) is now obsolete.

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