Victory

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Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French victorie, from Latin victoria .

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From Middle English victory, victorie, borrowed from Old French victorie, from Latin victōria, from victor(“victor”).

Displaced native Middle English siȝe, sye, from Old English siġe.

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victory (n.)

c. 1300, "military supremacy, victory in battle or a physical contest," from Anglo-French and Old French victorie (12c.) and directly from Latin victoria "victory," from past participle stem of vincere "to overcome, conquer" (from nasalized form of PIE root *weik- (3) "to fight, conquer"). V.E. ("victory in Europe") and V.J. ("victory in Japan") days in World War II were first used Sept. 2, 1944, by James F. Byrne, U.S. director of War Mobilization ["Washington Post," Sept. 10, 1944].