procedure ravand (#) Fr.: procédure An act or a manner of proceeding in any action or process; a particular course or mode of action. Etymology (EN): From Fr. procédure “manner of proceeding,” from O.Fr. procédér from L. procedere “to go forward, advance,” from → pro- “forward” + cedere “to go.” Etymology (PE): Ravand “going,” from raftan “to go, walk;” Mid.Pers. raftan, raw-, Proto-Iranian *rab/f- “to go; to attack.” |