perfectio Latin · revision 9573

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perfectiō''' ''f'' (genitive perfectiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[perficiō]] “to complete, perfect” with the suffix [[-tiō]]; ⟨perficiō⟩ is from [[per-]] and [[faciō]] “to make”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨faciō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-|t=to put]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero, whom he dates 81–43 BC, and the OLD's first citations are from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the bringing of a work to completion, completion, as in Cicero; and the bringing to perfection, the perfected state, perfection, as in Cicero's ''optimī perfectiō atque absolūtiō''.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical and Medieval Latin it was perfection, the perfect state.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for the completion of a process or an artefact.^(DMLBS) [[en|perfection]] (early 13th century) came through Old French ''perfection''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 13th century – English ''perfection'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Completion, finishing.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|perfection|alt=Perfection]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[perficiō]]

+ * [[perfectus]]

+ * [[en|perfection]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}