English
precision
Precision comes from Middle French precision.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600precision
- Englishearliest quotation 2011same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
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- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600precision
- Englishearliest quotation 2011same form
Earliest quotation: 2011, John Sinnott, Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan: “But there was nothing he could do about Villa's…”
Formed from precise + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’
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Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’
Latin caedō ‘cut’
Latin praecīsus ‘shortened, severed’
Middle French précis
English precise
Every English word from Middle French precision
Today it means
noun The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French precision / precision