− | Partly from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''prescripcion'' establishment of a claim, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''praescription''-, ''praescriptio'', from [[Latin]], act of [[writing]] at the beginning, order, [[limitation]] of subject matter, from ''praescribere''; partly from [[Latin]] ''praescription''-, ''praescriptio'' order. The wider [[medical]] sense ‘instruction or recommendation of treatment by a [[doctor]]’ is apparently not [[paralleled]] in French until later (1750 or earlier)), [[thing]] which is prescribed, rule, precept (1588) and its etymon classical ''Latin'' ''praescrīptiōn''- , ''praescrīptiō'' written prefix, preamble, title, [[pretext]], excuse, precept, rule, limiting [[regulation]], [[limitation]], (in law) preliminary clause or preamble defining the [[scope]] of a lawsuit, preliminary limiting device or objection. | + | Partly from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''prescripcion'' establishment of a claim, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''praescription''-, ''praescriptio'', from [[Latin]], act of [[writing]] at the beginning, order, [[limitation]] of subject matter, from ''praescribere''; partly from [[Latin]] ''praescription''-, ''praescriptio'' order. The wider [[medical]] sense ‘instruction or recommendation of treatment by a [[doctor]]’ is apparently not [[paralleled]] in French until later (1750 or earlier)), [[thing]] which is prescribed, rule, precept (1588) and its etymon classical ''Latin'' ''praescrīptiōn''- , ''praescrīptiō'' written prefix, preamble, title, [[pretext]], excuse, precept, rule, limiting [[regulation]], [[limitation]], (in law) preliminary clause or preamble defining the [[scope]] of a lawsuit, preliminary limiting device or objection. |