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legislation

PRONUNCIATION /ˌlɛdʒɪˈsleɪʃən/

the making of laws, laws collectively, or business before a legislative body

DATE
1606–today
SENSE
law making and enactments
FAMILY
Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:1:legislation:attested:sense:law-making-and-enactments

Merriam-Webster reports 1606; Etymonline gives the 1650s.

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French · French, 14th century onward · law making and laws

législation

law-making authority, action, or body of laws

SOUND
English legislation borrows French législation with learned English stress and pronunciation.
MEANING
The making of laws and the resulting body of laws remain central while legislative-business senses develop.
CHRONOLOGY
Merriam-Webster reports 1606; Etymonline gives the 1650s.
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Etymonline · CNRTL editors
CONFIDENCE
probable — Merriam-Webster reports an earlier English horizon than Etymonline; the borrowing itself is secure.
Legislation — Definition and First Known UsechallengesFirst Known Use

Reports a substantially earlier English first-known-use year of 1606.

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Legislation — Origin and historysupportsHeadword etymology: from French législation

Documents French transmission and the 1650s English report.

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CNRTL / TLFi: législation — Étymologie et histoirecontextFrench and English chronology

Documents the fourteenth-century French word and the pre-1655 English horizon reported by NED.

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