Prenticing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To engage in a period of apprenticeship or training, especially to learn a trade or skill from a more experienced individual
2. The act of serving under a master to gain practical experience and knowledge, typically in a specific craft or profession
3. Involves the commitment to learn and practice under the guidance of a mentor in a designated field of work or study

Etymology: "Prenticing" is the present participle of "prentice," an older form of "apprentice" that has largely dropped out of use. The noun "prentice" appeared in Middle English as a shortened version of "apprentice," the result of a process in which an unstressed opening syllable falls away. The same kind of clipping gave English other words that people now sometimes mistake for separate roots. The longer form it stands for goes back to Old French "aprentis," meaning one who is learning, and from there to the verb "aprendre," to learn. In English, "prentice" kept the sense of a young person bound to a master to learn a craft, and "prenticing" describes the act of serving in that role, with the training and years of service that the arrangement involved.

Synonyms: apprenticing, training, interning, mentoring, educating