efficientia Latin · revision 9187

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛf.fɪ.kiˈɛn.ti.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ef.fi.t͡ʃiˈɛn.t͡si.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''efficientia''' ''f'' (genitive efficientiae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from ⟨efficiēns⟩, the present participle of [[efficiō]] “to bring about”, with the suffix [[-ia]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and Cicero uses it of the power of the sun.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant efficient power, the capacity to produce an effect, influence, mostly in philosophical language, as in Cicero's ''De natura deorum'' and ''De fato''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin glossaries explain it as operation, effect.^(DMLBS) It gave [[en|efficiency]] in the 1590s, “power to accomplish something”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)^(Gaffiot 2016)

+ * 1590s – English ''efficiency'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Efficient power, influence, [[m|en|efficiency]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[efficiō]]

+ * [[efficiēns]]

+ * [[effectīvus]]

+ * [[en|efficiency]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}