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Origin of Category
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French catégorie from Old French from Late Latin catēgoria class of predicables from Greek katēgoriā accusation, charge from katēgorein to accuse, predicate kat-, kata- down, against cata– agoreuein ēgor- to speak in public (from agorā marketplace, assembly ger- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle French categorie, from Late Latin categoria (“class of predicables”), from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (kategoria, “head of predicables”).
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