Etymograph

English

condition

Condition comes from Old French condicion ‘condition (state)’, and goes back to Latin condicio.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondicio1
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400condicion1‘condition’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500condicioun1
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1614condition1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English condition
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh]: “[I]t was conditioned betweene Saturne and Titan, that Saturne…”.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcondicioWiktionary, English condition
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400condicionWiktionary, English condition‘condition’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500condiciounWiktionary, English condition
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1614conditionWiktionary, English condition. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh]: “[I]t was conditioned betweene Saturne and Titan, that Saturne…”

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Today it means

noun A state or quality.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “condition”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin condicio / condition