perfect
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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perfect thoroughly versed or trained; in a complete state XIII; in a faultless state, accurate XIV; (arith.) XV; unqualified, unalloyed XVI; (gram.) of a tense. ME.
parfīt,
-fite, later
parfet, (by assim. to L.)
perfect XV — OF.
parfit,
-fite (mod.
-fait) — L.
perfectus, pp. of
perficere accomplish, complete, f.
PER-2 +
facere make,
DO1.
Hence
perfect vb. XIV. So
perfectible XVII. — medL.
perfection †complete state XIII; bringing to completion; condition of being perfect XIV. — (O)F. — L.
perfective conducing to perfection XVI; (gram.) XIX. — medL.
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