PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
ALL DISPUTES ↗One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.
Both routes are published. American Heritage specifies French transmission; Merriam-Webster gives Latin; Etymonline explicitly allows French and direct Latin.
/ˈprɛʃənt/ · adjective
Having foreknowledge or unusually accurate foresight, borrowed through French and/or directly from Latin praesciens.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.
Documents the French-mediated route.
Headword etymology: French from Old French from LatinExplicitly preserves both routes.
Headword history: from French and directly from LatinDocuments direct Latin ancestry.
Word History: Latin praesciēnsThe reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.