## Meanings
1. A series of actions or steps taken to achieve a result.
2. To deal with something using an official set of steps.
3. To handle data using a computer.

## Examples
- Learning a language is a slow process that takes years.
- It can take weeks to process a visa application.
- The software processes thousands of records in seconds.

## Derived Forms
- autoprocess
- bioprocess
- geoprocess
- hydroprocess
- lyoprocess
- misprocess
- overprocess
- photoprocess
- postprocess
- preprocess
- processability
- processable

## Related Forms
- procedure
- proceed

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: proces
- Root: procés
- Root: prōcessus

## Etymology
From Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”).

## AI Etymology
Process comes from Middle English proces, from Old French procés (“journey”), from Latin prōcessus (“course, progression”), nominalization of prōcēdō (“proceed, advance”). The historical chain includes *per- (Proto-Indo-European), proces (Middle English), procés (Old French), prōcessus (Latin). In present-day English it covers a series of actions or steps taken to achieve a result, to deal with something using an official set of steps, and to handle data using a computer. The wider family includes derived forms such as autoprocess, bioprocess, geoprocess, hydroprocess, lyoprocess and related forms such as procedure, proceed.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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