practicum

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρακτικός“of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”
2. Late Latin · derived frompracticus“practical”
3. German · borrowed fromPraktikum
4. English todaypracticum

Borrowed from German Praktikum, a coinage from the neuter of Late Latin practicus (“practical”), from Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós, “of or pertaining to action, concerned with action or business, active, practical”), from πράσσω (prássō, “to do”).

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