'Condition' originally meant 'talking together' — from Latin 'dicere' (to say). A negotiated state.
The state of something with regard to its quality, nature, or working order; a circumstance or factor that must be fulfilled; the state of physical fitness.
From Old French 'condicion,' from Latin 'condiciō' (agreement, terms, situation), originally meaning 'a talking together,' from 'con-' (together) and 'dīcere' (to say, to speak), from PIE *deyḱ- (to show, to point out). The word's journey from 'talking together' to 'terms agreed upon' to 'circumstances' to 'state of being' traces the path from Roman contract law to modern English. The spelling with -t- ('condition') rather than -c- ('condicion') reflects medieval confusion with 'conditiō' (a founding, from 'condere'). Key
Latin 'condiciō' literally meant 'a speaking together' — an agreement reached through conversation. Its modern meaning of 'state' or 'circumstance' evolved because in Roman law, the terms people agreed upon defined the conditions under which they lived, making contractual stipulations and life circumstances the same word.
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