precisión

/pɾeθiˈsjon/ · B2 · noun · f

preciseness

🎯 precisión = pre- (before) + cis- (cut): cut cleanly, exactly

From Latin praecisio, 'a cutting off', from prae- (in front) + caedere (to cut). Think of a cut trimmed so exactly that nothing extra remains. English precise and concise share the same cut root, so the link is easy to remember.

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