
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)
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 [...]