[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French exercice, from [[Latin]] exercitium, from exercitare to [[Training|train]], exercise, frequentative of exercēre to train, occupy, from ex- + arcēre to enclose, hold off | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French exercice, from [[Latin]] exercitium, from exercitare to [[Training|train]], exercise, frequentative of exercēre to train, occupy, from ex- + arcēre to enclose, hold off |