NODE / 0487attestedFrench

législation

law-making authority, action, or body of laws

DATE: French, 14th century onward
SENSE: law making and laws
FAMILY: Indo-European / Romance
CANONICAL KEY: node:11:legislation:attested:sense:law-making-and-laws

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GO DEEPERborrowingestablished

Medieval Latin · Medieval and Late Latin · law bearing compound

lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem

proposal or bearing of a law; later a body of laws

SOUND: French législation borrows Medieval or Late Latin legislatio with regular Romance adaptation.
MEANING: Proposal or bearing of a law develops into law-making authority and a body of laws.
CHRONOLOGY: CNRTL attests Medieval Latin legislatio around 1238 and French législation in 1372–74.
SCHOLAR: CNRTL · Etymonline editors
CONFIDENCE: established

Legislation — Origin and historysupportsHeadword etymology: French from Late Latin legislatio

Documents the French-to-Latin route.

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CNRTL / TLFi: législation — Étymologie et histoiresupportsÉtymologie et histoire

Documents Latin legislatio and fourteenth-century French législation.

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DESCENDANTborrowingprobable

Present-Day English · 1606–today · law making and enactments

legislation

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

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.
SCHOLAR: 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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Frenchlégislation→Present-Day English · 1606–todaylegislationthe making of laws, laws collectively, or business before a legislative body

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.

Etymonline · CNRTL editors3 CITATIONSEDGE 453 ↗

Legislation — Definition and First Known Use · First Known Use ↗Legislation — Origin and history · Headword etymology: from French législation ↗CNRTL / TLFi: législation — Étymologie et histoire · French and English chronology ↗

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