composicion

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Middle English

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Noun

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composicion

  1. Alternative form of composicioun

Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin compositiō, compositiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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composicion f (plural composicions)

  1. composition

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First known attestation circa 1155,[1] borrowed from Latin compositiō.

Noun

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composicion oblique singularf (oblique plural composicions, nominative singular composicion, nominative plural composicions)

  1. composition (entity made up of several previously separate components)
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      c’est composicion est faicte de cole
      this composition is made of bile

References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of composition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.