Situated Competency
The etymology of competency (English), competenza (Italian), and competence (French) derives from the La-tin word competentia, which means “meeting together, in agreement and symmetry”. Competens, the present participle of the Latin verb competere, has been used to describe “sufficiency of qualific...
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2023
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| Zusammenfassung: | The etymology of competency (English), competenza (Italian), and competence (French) derives from the La-tin word competentia, which means “meeting together, in agreement and symmetry”. Competens, the present participle of the Latin verb competere, has been used to describe “sufficiency of qualification” since the eighteenth century. The Latin competere, from which competition also originates, is a compound of cum – “with, together”, and petere: “to strive, seek, fall upon, rush at, attack”.... |
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