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English word experiment comes from Latin ex (out of, from) and Latin *perior, which is likely a derived form from Proto-Indo-European *per- (try, dare, risk)

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per- (Proto-Indo-European)

try, dare, risk

*perior (Latin)

ex (Latin)

out of, from

experior (Latin)

I do.. I experience.. I find out.. I test, put to the test.. I try, attempt, prove.

experimentum (Latin)

Experience. Test, trial, experiment.

experiment (Old French)

experiment (English)

(intransitive) To conduct an experiment.. (transitive, obsolete) To experience; to feel; to perceive; to detect.. (transitive, obsolete) To test or ascertain by experiment; to try out; to make an experiment on. (obsolete) Experience, practical familiarity with something.. A test under controlled conditions made to either demonstrate a known truth, examine the validity of a hypothesis, or [...]

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