Pragmatic Definition

Origin of Pragmatic

• From French pragmatique, from Late Latin pragmaticus (“relating to civil affair; in Latin, as a noun, a person versed in the law who furnished arguments and points to advocates and orators, a kind of attorney"), from Ancient Greek πραγματικός (pragmatikós, “active, versed in affairs"), from πρᾶγμα (pragma, “a thing done, a fact"), in plural πράγματα (prágmata, “affairs, state affairs, public business, etc."), from πράσσειν (prassein, “to do") (whence English practical).

  From Wiktionary

• Latin prāgmaticus skilled in business from Greek prāgmatikos from prāgma prāgmat- deed from prāssein prāg- to do

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition