Middle French fiction continues the borrowed Latin action noun fictiō.
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fiction
invention; feigning; pretense
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity · shaping feigning actionfictiō
action of shaping or molding; feigning; pretense; legal fiction
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Shaping, feigning, and pretense narrow and reorganize in French and English.
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Fiction — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseMiddle French fiction borrowed from Latin fictiō
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