practician

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₂-k-yé-ti

Proto-Hellenic *prā́t͏̌t͏̌ō

Ancient Greek πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō)der.

Ancient Greek πρᾱγ- (prāg-)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)

Ancient Greek πρακτικός (praktikós)der.

Latin prācticusder.

Middle French practique

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Proto-Italic *-ānos

Latin -ānus

Latin -iānus

Old French -ien

Middle French -ien

Middle French practicienbor.

English practician

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

Noun

practician (plural practicians)

1. A practitioner; someone who practises a particular profession, especially medicine.

Translations

practitioner — see practitioner

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French praticien. By surface analysis, practic +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prak.ti.t͡ʃiˈan/

Noun

practician m (plural practicieni)

1. practitioner

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	practician	practicianul	practicieni	practicienii
genitive-dative	practician	practicianului	practicieni	practicienilor
vocative	practicianule		practicienilor

Further reading

• “practician”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026