Effect

/ɪˈfɛkt/ noun

A change that happens because of a particular action, event, or cause.

From Latin 'effectus' meaning 'accomplishment, result', from 'efficere' meaning 'to work out, to bring about'. It entered English through French, keeping the idea of something that has been brought into reality.

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