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NODE / 0975attestedMiddle French

fiction

TRANSLITERATION fiction

invention; feigning; pretense

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Middle French
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shaping pretense noun
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Indo-European / Romance
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node:18:fiction:attested:sense:shaping-pretense-noun

The French borrowing channel into English.

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Latin · Latin antiquity · shaping feigning action

fictiō

action of shaping or molding; feigning; pretense; legal fiction

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Middle French fiction continues the borrowed Latin action noun fictiō.
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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 UsesupportsMiddle French fiction borrowed from Latin fictiō

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Middle Englishficcioun→Present-Day English · 14th century–todayfictioninvented narrative; imaginative creation; pretense; legal assumption
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Middle English ficcioun develops into modern fiction through French-influenced spelling and English pronunciation.
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Mental invention expands into narrative, imaginative, legal, and pretense senses.
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Fiction — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word history and first known use: 14th century ↗

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