Prozess German · revision 35499

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=14th century|origins=la prōcēdō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /pʁoˈt͡sɛs/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''Prozess''' ''m'' (genitive Prozesses, plural Prozesse)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|gmh|process|t=decree, judicial decision]], [[bor|la-med|processus|t=lawsuit]], from [[la|prōcessus|t=advance, progress]], the noun of [[m|la|prōcēdō|t=to go forward]].^(Kluge 2011|728)^(Duden 7 2020)^(Duden GWDS 1999) The verb is formed with [[m|la|prō-|t=forward]] from [[m|la|cēdō|t=to go]].^(Kluge 2011|728)^(Wahrig Herkunftswörterbuch) [[nl|proces]], [[en|process]] and [[fr|procès]] go back to the same Latin word.^(Kluge 2011|728) From the same verb come [[Prozedur]] and [[Prozession]].^(Duden 7 2020)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Late Middle High German ''process'' is recorded from 1410, meaning a decree or a court decision.^(Köbler MHD)^(Kluge 2011|728)^(Wiktionary DE) In the Middle Ages the word was a term for legal proceedings, especially in the church courts.^(Kluge 2011|728)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ From legal proceedings the meaning widened to “way of proceeding, method”.^(Kluge 2011|728) This came to mean the procedure for preparing medicinal tinctures.^(Kluge 2011|728) This gave the chemists' notion of a ''Prozess'', which philosophy then took over, where it means any course of development.^(Kluge 2011|728) Today the general sense “process, course” stands beside “lawsuit, trial”.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) The verb [[prozessieren]] “to go to law” belongs to the legal sense.^(Kluge 2011|728) In computing, ''Prozess'' names a running program.^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 14th century – The word is borrowed from Medieval Latin.^(Kluge 2011|728)^(Wiktionary DE)

+ * 1410 – First dated record of ''process'' “decree, court decision”.^(Köbler MHD)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|lawsuit]] or [[m|en|trial]]: ''einen Prozess gewinnen'';^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) ''jemandem den Prozess machen'', to put someone on trial;^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary) ''kurzen Prozess machen'', to make short work of something.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A [[m|en|process]], a development that takes place over time: ''ein chemischer Prozess''.^(Duden GWDS 1999)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(computing)'' A running [[m|en|program]].^(Wiktionary DE)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prozessieren]]

+ * [[prozessual]]

+ * [[Strafprozess]]

+ * [[Zivilprozessordnung]]

+ * [[Prozessor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[Internationalprozessrecht]]

+ * [[Prozessablauf]]

+ * [[Prozessbeobachter]]

+ * [[Prozedur]]

+ * [[Prozession]]

+ * [[Abszess]]

+ * [[Exzess]]

+ * [[Rezession]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Older spellings are ''Proceß'', ''Process'' and ''Prozeß''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}