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==Etymology==
− It is formed from [[character]] and [[-istic]], on the model of Greek [[m|grc|χαρακτηριστικός|tr=kharaktēristikós]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) or from French caractéristique or Medieval Latin characteristicus,^(NODE 1998) from Greek kharaktḗr, a stamping tool, a distinctive mark.^(NODE 1998)
+ It is formed from [[character]] and [[-istic]], on the model of Greek [[m|grc|χαρακτηριστικός|tr=kharaktēristikós]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) or from [[fr|caractéristique]] or [[la-med|characteristicus]],^(NODE 1998) from [[grc|χαρακτήρ|tr=kharaktḗr]], a stamping tool, a distinctive mark.^(NODE 1998)
==Earliest recorded meaning==