Etymology

practician

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Today it means: A practitioner; someone who practises a particular profession, especially medicine. Full definition →

Middle French practicien ← Latin prācticus
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  1. Latinprācticus
  2. Middle Frenchpractique
  3. Middle Frenchpracticien
  4. English todaypractician

Borrowed from Middle French practicien. By surface analysis, practice + -ian.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.