practiced

the word 'practiced' is built upon the verb 'practice', which has a long journey from the greek concept of action. the greek verb prassein, meaning 'to do or to achieve', gave rise to praktikos, signifying 'practical or active'. this passed into latin and then old french before entering english. the addition of the english adjectival suffix '-ed' transforms the action into a state of being, describing someone who has done something so repeatedly that they now possess the quality of skill, or an act performed so often it has become habitual. thus, the literal 'having practiced' evolves into the modern meanings of 'skilled' or 'customary'.

Structure: practice + ed 'practice' (from middle english practisen, from old french practiser, from medieval latin practizare, from late latin practicus 'practical', from greek praktikos 'concerned with action', from prassein 'to do, act') + 'ed' (a suffix of old english origin used to form adjectives from nouns or verbs, indicating possession of a quality or state).