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Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: Late Latin documentum, from Latin docere 'to teach'

document

1 noun
     
Related topics: Computers
doc‧u‧ment1 W2 [countable]
1 a piece of paper that has official information on it
2TD a piece of written work that is stored on a computer
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