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proficiency
1544, probably from L.
proficientem
(nom.
proficiens
), prp. of
proficere
"accomplish, make progress, be useful," from
pro-
"forward" + root of
facere
"to make" (see
factitious
).
Proficient
(adj.) is recorded from 1590.
